The life of Emily Dickinson
Record details
- ISBN: 0674530802
- ISBN: 9780614510805
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Physical Description:
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xxix, 821 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 2 v.: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1974. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Volume One: The problem of the biographer -- I. Forebears and family -- The New England Dickinsons and the Puritan heritage -- Samuel Fowler Dickinson -- Edward Dickinson -- Emily Norcross Dickinson -- William Austin Dickinson -- Lavinia Norcross Dickinson -- II. "War between the houses" -- Early hostilities -- Mabel Loomis Todd and Austin -- Austin's marriage -- Susan and Emily -- Publication of the poems: Mabel and Austin -- Last phase of the quarrel and a late view of Susan -- Appendixes for volume one: Vinnie as stylist, mimic, reader, and poet -- "War between the houses": documents -- Volume Two: -- Childhood -- Schooling -- Early friendships -- Brother and sister -- Charles Wadsworth -- Samuel Bowles -- The master letters -- Thomas Wentworth Higginson -- Helen Hunt Jackson -- Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland -- The Norcross cousins -- Otis Phillips Lord -- Books and reading -- The poet -- Appendices for volume two: -- Charles Wadsworth as husband, father, and poet -- Popular poetry: Selections from the Springfield Republican, 1858-62 -- A note on the missing correspondences. |
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Subject: | Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886 Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886 Poets, American 19th century Biography LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA (CRÍTICA E INTERPRETAÇÃO) |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Macon County Public Library | B DICKINSON (Text) | 39493106112008 | Adult Biography | Available | - |