Wolff, Cynthia Griffin. 1936-

Emily Dickinson / Cynthia Griffin Wolff ; foreword by R.W.B. Lewis. - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1988. - xx, 635 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Radcliffe biography series .

"A Merloyd Lawrence book." Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 595-605.

* Prologue: The Oven Bird My Fathers House * Samuel and Edward: The Last Jerusalem * Mother and Father: The Fall into Language * School: Faith and the Argument from Design * The 1850s: Apprenticeship and Vocation * Interlude: Context and Subject Pugilist And Poet * The Voice * The Wrestle for Dominion: Gods Supernatural Redefined * Love and the Love Poetry * The Razors Edge: Some Specimen Poems Adieu * The Cosmos as Mirror * Can You Make a World Anew with Words? * Requiem * One of the Ones that Midas Touched

Cynthia Griffin Wolff's brilliant literary biography of Emily Dickinson is the first to unravel the intricate relationship between her life and her poetry. It is a vivid portrait of the poet and her times as well as a fascinating interpretive study of the poems that will enable every reader to approach them with new understanding and delight.

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.


Poets, American--Biography.--19th century
Poetas estadounidenses --Siglo XIX --BiografĂ­as

B PS 1541 / D553W 1988

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