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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32469426 Title: Emily Dickinson : daughter of prophecy Author: Beth Maclay Doriani Publisher: Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1996. ISBN/ISSN: 0870239996 9780870239991 OCLC:32469426

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Emily Dickinson : daughter of prophecy

Author:	Beth Maclay Doriani
Publisher:	Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:	Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	How do women, historically excluded from the role of preacher because of their gender, gain authority to assume a prophetic voice? What rhetorical strategies can empower the woman who would claim the role of prophet? In this book, Beth Maclay Doriani looks at the ways Emily Dickinson addressed these questions in the context of patriarchal nineteenth-century New England. She explores some of the central strategies Read more...
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Named Person:	Emily Dickinson
Material Type:	Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Beth Maclay Doriani Find more information about:
ISBN:	0870239996 9780870239991
OCLC Number:	32469426
Description:	xii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	1. Prophecy, Poetry, and Dickinson's American Contexts -- 2. "A Word that Breathes Distinctly" -- 3. "Captivating Sermons" and Dickinson's Rhetoric of Prophecy -- 4. Speaking for "Infinitude": Dickinson and Poetic Inspiration -- 5. Constructions of Genre and Self -- 6. Scriptural Rhetoric and Poetry -- 7. Female Prophecy in New England -- 8. "And I Sneered - Softly - 'Small'!": Renunciation and Power -- 9. "Tis so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson's Wisdom of Wonder -- Appendix: A Sample of Dickinson's Poems Showing the Sermonic Structure and Variations -- Index to Dickinson's Poems.
Responsibility:	Beth Maclay Doriani.

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How do women, historically excluded from the role of preacher because of their gender, gain authority to assume a prophetic voice? What rhetorical strategies can empower the woman who would claim the role of prophet? In this book, Beth Maclay Doriani looks at the ways Emily Dickinson addressed these questions in the context of patriarchal nineteenth-century New England. She explores some of the central strategies Dickinson used to claim both poetic and religious authority and to join the ranks of the self-proclaimed prophets of her day - literary figures like Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, as well as a host of preachers and other popular orators.

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