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Emily Dickinson : a biography
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Emily Dickinson : a biography

Author: Connie Ann Kirk
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2004.
Series: Greenwood biographies
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English
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Named Person: Emily Dickinson
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Connie Ann Kirk
ISBN: 0313322066 9780313322068
OCLC Number: 52963118
Description: xxvii, 176 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Timeline : chronology & historical context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ancestry, early life, and family -- 3. Education, religion, and early friendships -- 4. "For occupation - this -" : the poet at home -- 5. "Her travels daily be" : traveling near and far -- 6. A poet's reading -- 7. The "flood" years and the Civil War -- 8. To print or publish? -- 9. Later years, last days -- 10. "Fluid text" and the problem of editing -- 11. Myths, mysteries, and controversies -- 12. "An amethyst remembrance" : Dickinson's reception and legacy -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Family tree -- Appendix B. List of poems published in the poet's lifetime -- Appendix C. Index of first lines of Dickinson poems -- Appendix D. Selected reading of Emily Dickinson -- Appendix E. Important places and holdings in Dickinson studies.
Series Title: Greenwood biographies
Responsibility: Connie Ann Kirk.
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