The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson
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- Editor: Wendy Martin, Claremont Graduate School, California
- Date Published: September 2002
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521001182
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Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson includes eleven new essays by accomplished Dickinson scholars. They cover Dickinson's biography, publication history, poetic themes and strategies, and her historical and cultural contexts. As a woman poet, Dickinson's literary persona has become incredibly resonant in the popular imagination. She has been portrayed as singular, enigmatic, and even eccentric. At the same time, Dickinson is widely acknowledged as one of the founders of American poetry, an innovative pre-modernist poet as well as a rebellious and courageous woman. This volume introduces new and practised readers to a variety of critical responses to Dickinson's poetry and life, and provides several valuable tools for students, including a chronology and suggestions for further reading.
Read more- Essays by leading scholars on one of the most enigmatic and widely-read American poets
- Well supported by supplementary material: guides to further reading and a chronology
- The essays provide scholarly depth of analysis on a broad range of topics
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'These 11 essays give an excellent introduction to the most perplexing questions about the reclusive poet.' ABES - Annotated Bibliography of English Studies
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- Date Published: September 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521001182
- length: 268 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.435kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
An Emily Dickinson chronology
Introduction Wendy Martin
Part I. Biography and Publication History:
1. The Emily Dickinson wars Betsy Erkkila
2. Emily Dickinson and the American South Christopher Benfey
3. Susan and Emily Dickinson: their lives, in letters Martha Nell Smith
Part II. Poetic Strategies and Themes:
4. Emily Dickinson and poetic strategy Wendy Barker
5. Emily Dickinson's existential dramas Fred White
6. Performances of gender in Dickinson's poetry Christianne Miller and Suzanne Juhasz
7. Emily Dickinson and the body Shira Wolosky
8. Emily Dickinson and the gothic in fascicle 16 Daneen Wardrop
Part III. Cultural Contexts:
9. Emily Dickinson and popular culture David Reynolds
10. Emily Dickinson and class Domhnall Mitchell
11. Emily Dickinson and her American women peer poets Paula Bennett.
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