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Emily Dickinson / Cynthia Griffin Wolff ; foreword by R.W.B. Lewis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Spanish Series: Radcliffe biography seriesPublication details: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1988.Description: xx, 635 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 020116809X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811
LOC classification:
  • B PS 1541  D553W 1988
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Contents:
* 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
Summary: 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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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) B PS 1541 | D553W 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120484

"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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