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1、【标题】论艾米莉迪金森诗歌的死亡主题【作者】刘杰【关键词】艾米莉?迪金森;死亡;永生;原因【指导老师】贾艳娜【专业】英语【正文】I.IntroductionEmilyDickinson(1830-1886),theAmericanbest-knownfemalepoet,wasoneoftheforemostauthorsinAmericanliterature.EmilyDickinson’spoems,aswellasWaltWhitman’s,wereconsideredasapartof “American renaissance”;theywereregardedaspione
2、ersofimagism.Bothofthemrejected customandreceivedwisdomandexperimentedwithpoeticstyle.Shehowever differsfromWhitmaninavarietyofways.Foronething,Whitmanseemstokeephiseyeonsocietyatlarge;Dickinsonexplorestheinnerlife oftheindividual.WhereasWhitmanis “national”inhisoutlook,Dickinson is “regional”
3、 EmilyDickinsonwasborninAmherst,Massachusetts,onDecember10,1830.Shelivedalmostherentirelifeinthesametown (muchofitinthesame house),traveledinfrequently,nevermarried,andinherlastyearsnever leftthegroundsofherfamily.Soshewascalled “vestalofAmherst”.Andyetdespitethisnarrow—somemightsay—pathological
4、lyconstricted-outward experience,shewasanextremelyintelligent,highlysensitive,anddeeply passionatepersonwhothroughoutheradultlifewrotepoemsthatwerestartlinglyoriginalinbothcontentandtechnique, poemsthatwouldprofoundlyinfluenceseveralgenerationsofAmericanpoets andthatwouldwinherasecurepositionason
5、eofthegreatestpoetsthat Americahaseverproduced.Dickinson’ssimplyconstructedyetintenselyfelt,acutelyintellectual writingstakeastheirsubjectissuesvitaltohumanity:theagoniesand ecstasiesoflove,sexuality,theunfathomablenatureofdeath,thehorrors ofwar,Godandreligiousbelief,theimportanceofhumor,andmusin
6、gs onthesignificanceofliterature,music,andart.1 EmilyDickinsonenjoystheKingJamesVersionoftheBible,aswell asauthorssuchasEnglishWritersWilliamShakespeare,JohnMilton,Charles Dickens,ElizabethBarrettBrowning,GeorgeEliot,andThomasCarlyle.2Dickinson’searlystyleshowsthestronginfluenceofWilliamShakesp
7、eare, BarrettBrowning,ScottishpoetRobertBrowning,andEnglishpoetsJohn KeatsandGeorgeHerbert.AndDickinsonreadEmersonappreciatively,who becameapervasiveand,inasense,formativeinfluenceoverher.AsGeorge F.Whichernotes, “Hers