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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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