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Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing
- Title
- Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing / Daneen Wardrop.
- Author
- Wardrop, Daneen, 1952-
- Publication
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- [Becoming modern. Reading dress series]
- Uniform Title
- Becoming modern. Reading dress series.
- Subject
- Note
- Series from jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : "time would fail me to enumerate my appearance" -- Dickinson's fashion : "Won't you tell 'the public' that at present I wear a brown dress" -- Dress the maker : "I finish Mama's sacque, all but the overcastting" -- "Kelley Square" and "The crossing" : "but the whistle calls me--" -- The body's body : tippet, basque, gaiters, pantalettes : "I asked him how you looked, and what you wore" -- The bonnet of Dickinson's family : "Mother wants me to say that if you like Aunt L's bonnet" -- Lace theory : "as laces just reveal the surge--" -- Conclusion : "pierce me with a fashion".
- Call Number
- MWEV 10-2460
- ISBN
- 9781584657804 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1584657804 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009026515
- OCLC
- 318876269
- Author
- Wardrop, Daneen, 1952-
- Title
- Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing / Daneen Wardrop.
- Imprint
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2009.
- Series
- [Becoming modern. Reading dress series]Becoming modern. Reading dress series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWEV 10-2460