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Language as object : Emily Dickinson and contemporary art / edited by Susan Danly ; with additional contributions by Martha A. Sandweiss ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library PS1541.Z5 L34 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Illustrations--Exhibitions.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
- Art and literature--United States--Exhibitions.
- Art and literature.
- Exhibitions.
- United States.
- Art, American--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Capps, Jack L. (donor) (Capps Dickinson Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 103 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, Mass. : Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, in association with the University of Massachusetts Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Visual artists and poets respond to Dickinson's life and work
- Produced in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, this handsome volume explores the impact of Emily Dickinson's persona and poetry on contemporary art in America. Spurred by feminism and recent critical writings, many visual artists have turned to the poet's life and literary images for inspiration. They have engaged the issues raised by her poetry and the particular circumstances of her life and have attempted to transform her oblique language into tangible objects.
- Presenting the work of thirteen artists, as well as ten poets, this book showcases a wide range of responses to Dickinson's poetry. Three introductory essays set the stage for the artworks: Karen Sanchez-Eppler examines the visual dynamic in Dickinson's poetry; Polly Longsworth traces the ways in which the famous daguerreotype of Dickinson has conditioned our responses to her; and Christopher Benfey surveys her imprint on contemporary American poetry.
- "A unique undertaking that is particularly timely in illuminating the public reception of the poet as the century ends". -- David Porter, author of Dickinson, the Modern Idiom
- Contents:
- Foreword: The Poet's Resonance / Martha A. Sandweiss
- "Exhibiting Sheets of Place": Seeing Emily Dickinson through Contemporary Art / Karen Sanchez-Eppler
- "Whose But Her Shy
- Immortal Face": The Poet's Visage in the Popular Imagination / Polly Longsworth
- Alcohol and Pearl: Dickinson's Imprint on American Poetry / Christopher Benfey
- "To Emily Dickinson" / Hart Crane
- "Altitudes" / Richard Wilbur
- "Your Birthday in Wisconsin You Are 140" / John Berryman
- "I Am in Danger
- Sir
- '" / Adrienne Rich
- "Amherst" / Amy Clampitt
- "Emily's Bread" / Sandra M. Gilbert
- "Emily's Mom" / Thomas Lux
- "Reading Room" / Mary Jo Salter
- "Into Those Great Countries of the Blue Sky of Which We Don't Know Anything" / Lucie Brock-Broido
- "A Nostalgist's Map of America" / Agha Shahid Ali
- Emily Dickinson's Impact on Contemporary Art / entries oby Susan Danly with David Porter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103).
- Local Notes:
- Capps Dickinson Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2006 by Brigadier General Jack L. Capps.
- ISBN:
- 1558490663
- OCLC:
- 34984077
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