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1、ThisIsMyLettertotheWorldbyEmilyDickinson1830-1886TableofContents:SOURCECITATION"ThisIsMyLettertotheWorld"hasreceivedspecialattentionfromcriticsbecauseoftheverse'sapparentrelevancetoDickinson'scareerasawriter.ThegreatDickinsonscholarThomasH.Johnson,editorofthefirstcompleteeditionofDi
2、ckinson'spoetryandauthoroftheinfluentialbookEmilyDickinson:AnInterpretiveBiography,viewsthepoemasoneofDickinson's"versesonthefunctionandstatusofthepoet."AccordingtoJohnson,thepoetis"blessed,butisolated,"performingtheroleofaninterpreterofnatureforthebenefitoftheworldfromwhichsheisali
3、enated.Asecondcritic,WilliamRobertSherwood,examinesthepoemmorecloselyinhisbookCircumferenceandCircumstance.AccordingtoSherwood,thepoemillustratesDickinson'sdecision"toavoidthecomplicationsofnotoriety,totrusttofame."SherwoodbelievesthatDickinson'sreligiousbackgroundinfluencedherdecis
4、iontoavoidseekingpopularityinherownlifetime.Heexplainsthat"thedistinctionEmilyDickinsonmadebetweenfameandnotoriety"relatesto"thePuritandiscriminationbetweentheelectandtheunregenerate."InthePuritantradition,theelectarethosechosenbyGod,andtheunregeneratearethosewhohavenotbeenspiritual
5、lyrebornandwhoseektheirapprovalfromotherpeopleinsteadoffromGod.Inaddition,SherwoodarguesthatDickinsonwasfartoodedicatedtoherarttosacrificeherintegrityinordertoachievepublicsuccess.BecauseDickinsonfeltthatgreatartisdivinelyinspired,"theverysourceofpoetrymadeitsexploitationasacrilege.
6、"InderNathKher,inhisbookTheLandscapeofAbsence:EmilyDickinson'sPoetry,believesthatthepoemillustratesaparadox,orseeminglycontradictorystatement.Kherexplainsthat"theartistwithdrawsfromhisfellowmenintotheworldofart,onlytoentermoredeeplyintodialoguewithhumanity."ForKher,thepoemrepresents
7、thedifficultdecisionthattheartistmakeswhenchoosing"thetragicpositionofbeingneglectedbytheworldsheaimstotransform."Laterinhisbook,Khergoesontoexplainthatthepoemillustrates"theimportanceofcreativeself-reliance"andteachesthereaderthatonemustfirstacquireself-knowledgebeforeattemptingtok
8、nowtheworld.SourceC
