Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to Emily Dickinson / edited by Wendy Martin.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

Martin, Wendy, 1940-

Description

xvii, 248 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. This book 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 readers to a variety of critical responses to Dickinson's poetry and life, and provides several valuable tools, including a chronology and suggestions for further reading.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to literature

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to literature.

Alternative Title

• Companion to Emily Dickinson
• Emily Dickinson

Subject

• Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
• Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886
• 1800-1899
• Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Women and literature
• Literatura norte-americana (crítica e interpretação) > Estados unidos
• Biografias
• United States

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Handbooks and manuals.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-244) and index.

Contents

The Emily Dickinson wars / Betsy Erkkila -- Emily Dickinson and the American South / Christopher Benfey -- Susan and Emily Dickinson : their lives, in letters / Martha Nell Smith -- Emily Dickinson and poetic strategy / Wendy Barker -- Emily Dickinson's existential dramas / Fred D. White -- Performances of gender in Dickinson's poetry / Suzanne Juhasz and Cristanne Miller -- Emily Dickinson : being in the body / Shira Wolosky -- Emily Dickinson and the gothic in Fascicle 16 / Daneen Wardrop -- Emily Dickinson and popular culture / David S. Reynolds -- Emily Dickinson and class / Domhnall Mitchell -- Emily Dickinson and her American women poet peers / Paula Bernat Bennett.

Call Number

PS1541.Z5

ISBN

• 0521806445
• 9780521806442
• 0521001188
• 9780521001182

LCCN

2002067682

OCLC

49760627

Title

The Cambridge companion to Emily Dickinson / edited by Wendy Martin.

Publisher

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-244) and index.

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Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Martin, Wendy, 1940-

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PS1541.Z5 C28 2002