The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheCambridgeIntroductiontoEmilyDickinsonEmilyDickinsonisbestknownasanintenselyprivate,evenreclusivewriter.Yetthewayshehasbeenmythologizedhasmeantherworkisoftenmisunderstood.Thisintroductiondelvesbehindthemythtopresentapoetwhowasdeeplyengagedwiththei

2、ssuesofherday.Inalucidandelegantstyle,thebookplacesherlifeandworkinthehistoricalcontextoftheCivilWar,thesuffragemovement,andtherapidindustrializationoftheUnitedStates.WendyMartinexploresthewaysinwhichDickinson’spersonalstruggleswithromanticlove,religiousfaith,friendship,andcommu

3、nityshapeherpoetry.Thecomplexpublicationhistoryofherworks,aswellastheirreception,isteasedout,andaguidetofurtherreadingisincluded.DickinsonemergesnotonlyasoneofAmerica’sfinestpoets,butalsoasafiercelyindependentintellectandanoriginaltalentwritingpoetryfaraheadofhertime.WendyMartinis

4、ProfessorofAmericanLiteratureandAmericanStudiesatClaremontGraduateUniversityandtheeditorofTheCambridgeCompaniontoEmilyDickinson(2002).CambridgeIntroductionstoLiteratureThisseriesisdesignedtointroducestudentstokeytopicsandauthors.Accessibleandlively,theseintroductionswillalsoappe

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