Emily Dickinson / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's modern critical views

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.

Dickinson, Emily.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 231 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2008]

Summary:

The reclusive Emily Dickinson was one of the most brilliant and original of all American poets. This critical guide offers fresh interpretations of Dickinson and her creative output. Featuring a perceptive introductory essay by Harold Bloom, Emily Dickinson, New Edition invites students to explore this fascinating poet and her widely studied and much debated work.

Contents:

Sumptuous Destitution / Richard Wilbur 9

Presence and Place in Emily Dickinson's Poetry / Douglas Anderson 21

The Development of Dickinson's Style / Timothy Morris 39

Dickinson's Discontinuous Lyric Self / Margaret Dickie 55

Revising the Script: Emily Dickinson's Manuscripts / Domhnall Mitchell 69

Emily Dickinson as an Editorial Problem / G. Thomas Tanselle 99

Emily Dickinson and Popular Culture / David S. Reynolds 111

Musical Qualities of Dickinson's Poetry: Nineteenth-Century Views / Carolyn Lindley Cooley 135

Dickinson's Epistolary "Naturalness" / Logan Esdale 147

Public and Private in Dickinson's War Poetry / Shira Wolosky 169

Emily Dickinson's Unutterable Word / Deirdre Fagan 191

Meeting Her Maker: Emily Dickinson's God / Jay Ladin 197

"Earth's Most Graphic Transaction": The Syllables of Emily Dickinson / John Felstiner 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780791096130

0791096130

OCLC:

180690026