Edition |
First American edition. |
Description |
xvii, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-470) and index. |
Summary |
Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination. |
Contents |
The first family -- A scientific education -- Sister -- 'Wife without the sign' -- 'Snarl in the brain' -- Telling -- Romancing Judge Lord -- Split in the family -- Emily's stand -- Lady Macbeth of Amherst -- Mabel in Excelsis -- Lavinia's stand -- The trial -- Defeats of the first generation -- Two daughters -- The battle of the daughters -- Posthumous campaigns. |
Subject |
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Family.
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships.
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Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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ISBN |
9780670021932 |
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0670021938 |
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