My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily DickinsonRandom House Publishing Group, 15 груд. 2001 р. - 784 стор. Emily Dickinson, probably the most loved and certainly the greatest of American poets, continues to be seen as the most elusive. One reason she has become a timeless icon of mystery for many readers is that her developmental phases have not been clarified. In this exhaustively researched biography, Alfred Habegger presents the first thorough account of Dickinson’s growth–a richly contextualized story of genius in the process of formation and then in the act of overwhelming production. Building on the work of former and contemporary scholars, My Wars Are Laid Away in Books brings to light a wide range of new material from legal archives, congregational records, contemporary women's writing, and previously unpublished fragments of Dickinson’s own letters. Habegger discovers the best available answers to the pressing questions about the poet: Was she lesbian? Who was the person she evidently loved? Why did she refuse to publish and why was this refusal so integral an aspect of her work? Habegger also illuminates many of the essential connection sin Dickinson’s story: between the decay of doctrinal Protestantism and the emergence of her riddling lyric vision; between her father’s political isolation after the Whig Party’s collapse and her private poetic vocation; between her frustrated quest for human intimacy and the tuning of her uniquely seductive voice. The definitive treatment of Dickinson’s life and times, and of her poetic development, My Wars Are Laid Away in Books shows how she could be both a woman of her era and a timeless creator. Although many aspects of her life and work will always elude scrutiny, her living, changing profile at least comes into focus in this meticulous and magisterial biography. |
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... suggests a preference. If there seems to be no authorial guidance whatever, I rely on my own taste and judgment. Following custom, I quote verbatim and retain idiosyncrasies of capitalization and punctuation. I have, however, silently ...
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... suggests. In 1817, well before the Squire's contributions to Amherst College began consuming his estate, he mortgaged this house for $2,500 (today roughly $75,000), an encumbrance he was never able to lift. The household that shaped the ...
... suggests. In 1817, well before the Squire's contributions to Amherst College began consuming his estate, he mortgaged this house for $2,500 (today roughly $75,000), an encumbrance he was never able to lift. The household that shaped the ...
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... suggest he must have been a profane and amusing companion. Academically, Edward remained an average student, and even though he now matched his best previous grade, receiving a 2.4 in May 1823, was far from qualifying for top honors ...
... suggest he must have been a profane and amusing companion. Academically, Edward remained an average student, and even though he now matched his best previous grade, receiving a 2.4 in May 1823, was far from qualifying for top honors ...
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... suggest the poet's mother did not enjoy the easy girlhood her father Joel's wealth and standing might otherwise imply. Years later the younger sister recalled “how much care” the huge Norcross house (a converted tavern) entailed. Not ...
... suggest the poet's mother did not enjoy the easy girlhood her father Joel's wealth and standing might otherwise imply. Years later the younger sister recalled “how much care” the huge Norcross house (a converted tavern) entailed. Not ...
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... suggests that those who liked Emily understood that her good qualities might not be universally appreciated. Like many of Herrick's pupils, Emily Norcross enrolled for only one term, perhaps because of the press of work at home. The ...
... suggests that those who liked Emily understood that her good qualities might not be universally appreciated. Like many of Herrick's pupils, Emily Norcross enrolled for only one term, perhaps because of the press of work at home. The ...
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18471852 | |
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary | |
First Drunkenness | |
Somebodys Reveries | |
18521858 | |
A Sheltered Life | |
News of the Ancient School of True Poets | |
Troubles and Riddles | |
18401847 | |
First Years on West Street | |
Amherst Academy | |
Death and Friendship | |
18581865 | |
18661886 | |
Standing Buildings Associated with Emily Dickinson | |
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My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson Alfred Habegger Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2002 |
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