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Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War the suffrage movement and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson s personal struggles with romantic love religious faith friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works as well as their reception is teased out and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America s finest poets but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.
Editions of The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521856706
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780521672702
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Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War the suffrage movement and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson s personal struggles with romantic love religious faith friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works as well as their reception is teased out and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America s finest poets but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.
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What is The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson about?
Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War the suffrage movement and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson s personal struggles with romantic love religious faith friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works as well as their reception is teased out and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America s finest poets but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson?
Wendy Martin
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The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521856706) and paperback(ISBN 9780521672702)