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Emily Dickinson A Biography
Connie Ann Kirk
ISBN: 0-313-32206-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32206-8
216 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2004
List Price: $38.95 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Biographies
Description: Using updated scholarship and never before published primary research, this new biography peels away the myths surrounding Emily Dickinson and takes a fresh look at the complex and busy life of this genius of American letters. As a research tool, the volume is also useful for its explanation of current nomenclature for the poems, mysteries and controversies, and the poet's influence on American poetry and culture.

Emily Dickinson saw fewer than a dozen of her poems published in her lifetime, but she has since become one of the most revered and beloved of all American poets. As a shy woman living in 19th century New England, Dickinson wrote about large subjects through close observation of small, everyday details. After her death, her sister found more than 1,775 poems and solicited help in seeing them into print. Dickinson preferred to live most of her life at home among those she loved, but over time, some of the more unusual facts of her life became mythologized and distorted. Using updated scholarship and never before published primary research, this new biography peels away the myths surrounding Emily Dickinson and takes a fresh look at the complex and busy life of this genius of American letters.

As a research tool, the volume is also useful for its explanation of current nomenclature for the poems, mysteries and controversies, and the poet's influence on American poetry and culture. A chronology is set alongside significant historical and cultural events of the period. Also included are locations of major holdings for Dickinson study, a listing of poems published in her lifetime, and a full bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Ancestry, Early Life, and Family
    Education, Religion, and Early Friendships
    "For Occupation -This -": The Poet at Home
    "Her Travels Daily Be": Traveling Near and Far
    A Poets Reading
    The "Flood" Years and the Civil War
    To Print or Publish?
    Later Years, Last Days
    The Fluid Text and the Problem of Editing
    Mysteries and Controversies
    "An Amethyst Remembrance": Dickinson's Reception and Legacy
    Appendix A: Chronology and Historical Context Timeline
    Appendix B: Family Tree
    Appendix C: List of Poems Published in the Poet's Lifetime
    Appendix D: Index of First Lines of Emily Dickinson Poems
    Appendix E: Selected Reading of Emily Dickinson
    Appendix F: Important Places and Holdings in Dickinson Studies
    Bibliography
About the Author: CONNIE ANN KIRK is an author and independent scholar specializing in American and children's literature and the poet, Emily Dickinson. Her books from Greenwood Press include: J.K. Rowling: A Biography, Emily Dickinson: A Biography, Mark Twain: A Biography, Sylvia Plath: A Biography, and The Companion to American Children's Picture Books.
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