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1、Copyright©1999byBrownUniversityanddifferences:AJournalofFeministCulturalStudies.Allrightsreserved.differences:AJournalofFeministCulturalStudies10.3(1998)1-46InteriorChambers:TheEmilyDickinsonHomesteadDianaFuss*________________________________________Morethananyotherwriter,EmilyDic
2、kinsonhasbeenintimatelyassociatedwithherhouse.Anecdotesfromfriends,family,neighbors,andthepoetherselfprovidethebiographicalbasisforthereigningviewofDickinsonasaneccentricrecluse,weddedtoherinteriority.Consideredtogether,thesestoriesportrayawomanacutelyawareofherspatialsurroundings
3、,whethersheislisteningtotheparlorpianofromtheshadowsofahallway,loweringbasketsofgingerbreadfromherbedroomwindow,orconversingwithvisitorsfromaroundcornersorbehindpartiallycloseddoors.Preferringtoremainlargelyunseenwithintheinteriorchambersofthefamilyhomestead,Dickinsoninhabitedspac
4、einuncommon,unorthodox,evenwhimsicalways.Dickinson'sretreatintotherecessesofherfather'shousehasbeenthesubjectofextensivecriticalcommentary.Herloveofsolitudehasbeenvariouslypathologizedandromanticized,overdramatizedandidealized.CriticswhopathologizeDickinsoninterpretherwithdrawalas
5、aneuroticresponsetoarangeofsupposedpersonaltraumas:griefoverthelossofasecretlover,guiltoveranillicitloveforherbrother'swife,resignationoverthedemandsofatyrannicalfather.JohnCodywasthe[EndPage1][BeginPage3]firsttosuggest,ina1971studyoftheDickinsonfamilyromance,thatDickinsonwasafull
6、-fledgedpsychotic,experiencingacompletementalbreakdownduringthecrisisyearsof1861-63.Sincethen,armedwiththethirdeditionoftheAmericanPsychiatricAssociation'sDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders,Codyhasexpandedhisinitialdiagnosisofthepoettocoverahostofnewdisorders,includin
7、gavoidantpersonalitydisorder,generalizedanxietydisorder,majordepressiveepisode,schizotypalpersonalitydisorder,andsocialphobia.RecentlyanentirebookonDickinson,similarlydependentonhistoricallyanachronisticpsychiatriccategories,citesthepoet'scomparativelyfewpoemsonflightanddenialasev
8、idenceofDickinson's"severeagoraph
