| Author | : Wendy Martin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Release Date | : 05 September 2002 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780521001182 |
| Pages | : 248 pages |
| Rating | : /5 ( users) |
Publisher Description
Publisher Description
GET BOOK!This companion to America?s greatest woman poet showcases thediversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field ofDickinson studies. Covers biographical approaches of Dickinson, the historical,political and cultural contexts of her work, and its criticalreception over the years Considers issues relating to the different formats in whichDickinson?s lyrics
GET BOOK!Examines the life and writings of Emily Dickinson, including detailed synopses of her works, explanations of literary terms, biographies of friends and family, and social and historical influences.
GET BOOK!Includes a brief biography of the poet, eight essays exploring Dickinson's life, background, and rank as a poet, and eight critical essays examining Dickinson's poetic themes
GET BOOK!Emily Dickinson wrote a "letter to the world" and left it lying in her drawer more than a century ago. This widely admired epistle was her poems, which were never conventionally published in book form during her lifetime. Since the posthumous discovery of her work, general readers and literary scholars
GET BOOK!This is the first compact introduction to Emily Dickinson to focus principally on her poems and their significance to readers. It addresses the question of literary value, considering current controversies over whether Dickinson's writings are best appreciated as visual works or as rhymed and metered poems intended for the ear.
GET BOOK!A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the history and development of American literature from its early origins in Native American oral tradition to 21st century digital literature. This comprehensive three-volume set brings together contributions from a diverse
GET BOOK!Paying special attention to her experience of faith, Lundin relates Dickinson's life -- as it can be charted through her poems and letters -- to nineteenth-century American political, social, religious, and intellectual history. --From publisher description.
GET BOOK!Attempts to place Dickinson's works in their cultural context by exploring her attitudes toward death, romance, the afterlife, art, and nature.
GET BOOK!Using updated scholarship and never-before-published primary research, this new biography takes a fresh look at a genius of American letters.
GET BOOK!Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and
GET BOOK!A new appreciation of the development of Emily Dickinson's poetics.
GET BOOK!Vendler turns her illuminating skills as a critic to 150 selected poems of Emily Dickinson. In accompanying commentaries, Vendler offers a deeper acquaintance with Dickinson, and her selection reveals Dickinson's development as a poet.
GET BOOK!HERE FOR THE first time, students of Emily Dickinson can find a single source of accurate, up-to-date information on the poet's life and works, her letters and manuscripts, the cultural climate of her times, her reception and influence, and the current state of Dickinson scholarship. Written by a distinguished group
GET BOOK!Emily Dickinson, A User’s Guide presents a comprehensive introduction to the life and works of Emily Dickinson, Offers a richly appreciative biographical and critical introduction to America’s most widely admired woman poet Written by a world-renowned Emily Dickinson scholar and American literary critic Represents the only book that
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