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Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-462) and indexes
Here for the first time, students of Emily Dickinson can find a single source of accurate, up-to-date information on the poet's life and works, her letters and manuscripts, the cultural climate of her times, her reception and influence, and the current state of Dickinson scholarship. Written by a distinguished group of contributors from the United States and abroad, the twenty-two essays in this volume reflect the many facets of the poet's oeuvre, as well as the principal trends in Dickinson studies
The continuing presence of Emily Dickinson - Richard Sewall -- - Biographical studies of Dickinson - Martha Ackmann -- - Dickinson's local, global, and cosmic perspectives - Jane Donahue Eberwein -- - Dickinson's literary background - Gary Lee Stonum -- - Dickinson and the visual arts - Judith Farr -- - Dickinson's dialogic voice - Paul Crumbley -- - Dickinson's manuscripts - Martha Nell Smith -- - Dickinson's fascicles - Sharon Cameron -- - Dickinson's letters - Agnieszka Salska -- - Searching for Dickinson's themes - David Porter -- - Prisming Dickinson, or gathering paradise by letting go - Robert Weisbuch -- - Dickinson's lyrical self - Gudrun Grabher -- - Dickinson's experiments in language - Cristanne Miller -- - A cognitive approach to Dickinson's metaphors - Margaret H. Freeman -- - The metapoetic element in Dickinson - Josef Raab -- - Dickinson's critical reception - Marietta Messmer -- - American women poets reading Dickinson : the example of Helen Hunt Jackson - Vivian R. Pollak -- - Feminist conceptions of Dickinson - Margaret Dickie -- - Dickinson and literary theory - Roland Hagenbüchle -- - Dickinson adaptations in the arts and the theater - Jonnie Guerra -- - Dickinson's poetry in translation : the example of Paul Celan - Kerstin Behnke -- - Materiality and the poet - Suzanne Juhasz
