Reading Emily Dickinson's letters : critical essays / edited by Jane Donahue Eberwein and Cindy MacKenzie.
"In this volume, distinguished literary scholars focus intensively on Emily Dickinson's letter-writing and what her letters reveal about her poetics, her personal associations, and her self-awareness as a writer." "Close examination of her letters reveals the conscious artistry o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
©2009.
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| Summary: | "In this volume, distinguished literary scholars focus intensively on Emily Dickinson's letter-writing and what her letters reveal about her poetics, her personal associations, and her self-awareness as a writer." "Close examination of her letters reveals the conscious artistry of Dickinson's writing, from her auditory effects to her experiments with form and tone. Her well-known correspondences with Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Susan Dickinson, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Otis Phillips Lord are examined here, but so too are previously neglected family communications with her aunt Kate Sweetser and cousin Eugenia Montague. Contributors find in these various letters evidence of Dickinson's enthusiastic participation in a sort of epistolary book club involving multiple friends, as well as her loving attentiveness to individuals in times of both suffering and joy. These inquiries highlight her thoughts on love, marriage, gender roles, art, and death, while unraveling mysteries ranging from legal discourse to Etruscan smiles." --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781558497412 (cloth : alk. paper) 1558497412 (cloth : alk. paper) |