Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing / Daneen Wardrop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wardrop, Daneen, 1952-

Series:

Becoming modern. Reading dress series

[Becoming modern. Reading dress series]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Knowledge and learning--Clothing.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress in literature.

Class consciousness in literature.

Clothing trade--United States--History--19th century.

Clothing trade.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction : "time would fail me to enumerate my appearance"

Dickinson's fashion : "Won't you tell 'the public' that at present I wear a brown dress"

Dress the maker : "I finish Mama's sacque, all but the overcastting"

"Kelley Square" and "The crossing" : "but the whistle calls me

"

The body's body : tippet, basque, gaiters, pantalettes : "I asked him how you looked, and what you wore"

The bonnet of Dickinson's family : "Mother wants me to say that if you like Aunt L's bonnet"

Lace theory : "as laces just reveal the surge

Conclusion : "pierce me with a fashion".

Notes:

Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781584657804

1584657804

OCLC:

318876269