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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674530802

ISBN-139780674530805

eBay Product ID (ePID)982885

Product Key Features

Number of Pages924 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLife of Emily Dickinson

SubjectWomen, Poetry, American / General, Literary

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorRichard B. Sewall

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-129683

Dewey Edition19

ReviewsRichard Sewall's biographical vision of Emily Dickinson is as complete as human scholarship, ingenuity, stylistic pungency, and common sense can arrive at., Although Professor Sewall produces new material everywhere, it is in the account of the scandals that he has the most startling abundance, much of it in the form of primary documents...One must thank him for the fullness and impartiality of his presentation., By far the best and the most complete study of the poet's life yet to be written, the result of nearly twenty years of work... The story of a long-standing affair between Austin Dickinson and a woman twenty-seven years younger than he, Mabel Loomis Todd...has not appeared in print before, and it makes an entrancing tale... A plainly authoritative work., [A] brilliant, massively detailed biography...Emily Dickinson emerges in these pages not only as...one of the two greatest poets of America's nineteenth century, but as an extraordinary and credible human being...Sewall is an exemplary biographer and critic, perhaps in some ironic way the kind of friend Emily sought unsuccessfully in her life., [A] brilliant, massively detailed biography... Emily Dickinson emerges in these pages not only as...one of the two greatest poets of America's nineteenth century, but as an extraordinary and credible human being... Sewall is an exemplary biographer and critic, perhaps in some ironic way the kind of friend Emily sought unsuccessfully in her life., By far the best and the most complete study of the poet's life yet to be written, the result of nearly twenty years of work...The story of a long-standing affair between Austin Dickinson and a woman twenty-seven years younger than he, Mabel Loomis Todd...has not appeared in print before, and it makes an entrancing tale...A plainly authoritative work., Although Professor Sewall produces new material everywhere, it is in the account of the scandals that he has the most startling abundance, much of it in the form of primary documents... One must thank him for the fullness and impartiality of his presentation.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal811/.4

Table Of ContentVolume One Preface Chronology 1. The Problem Of The Biographer Forebears and Family 2. The New England Dickinsons and The Puritan Heritage 3. Samuel Fowler Dickinson 4. Edward Dickinson 5. Emily Norcross Dickinson 6. William Austin Dickinson 7. Lavinia Norcross Dickinson "War between the Houses" 8. Early Hostilities 9. Mabel Loomis Todd and Austin 10. Austin's Marriage 11. Susan and Emily 12. Publication of The Poems: Mabel And Austin 13. Last Phase of The Quarrel and A Late View Of Susan 14. The Dickinson Rhetoric and The Structure of A Life Appendixes for Volume One I. Vinnie as Stylist, Mimic, Reader, and Poet II. "War between the Houses": Documents References for Volume One Volume Two 15. Childhood 16. Schooling 17. Early Friendships I 18. Early Friendships II 19. Brother and Sister 20. Charles Wadsworth 21. Samuel Bowles 22. The Master Letters 23. Thomas Wentworth Higginson 24. Helen Hunt Jackson 25. Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland 26. The Norcross Cousins 27. Otis Phillips Lord 28. Books and Reading 29. The Poet Appendixes for Volume Two III. Charles Wadsworth as Husband, Father, and Poet IV. Popular Poetry: Selections from the Springfield Republican, 1858-62 V. A Note on the Missing Correspondences References for Volume Two Bibliography Index of First Lines Index

SynopsisWinner of the National Book Award, this biography throws light into the study of the brilliant poet. How did Dickinson, from the window over her desk, discover a life that included the horror, exaltation and humor found in her poetry? With abundance and impartiality, Sewall reveals not just the poet nor the poetry, but the woman and her life., Winner of the National Book Award, this massively detailed biography throws a light into the study of the brilliant poet. How did Emily Dickinson, from the small window over her desk, come to see a life that included the horror, exaltation and humor that lives her poetry? With abundance and impartiality, Richard B. Sewall shows us not just the poet nor the poetry, but the woman and her life.

LC Classification NumberPS1541.Z5S42 1994