Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Gordon, Lyndall. Title: Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds / Lyndall Gordon. Edition: 1st American ed. Publisher, Date: New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2010. Description: xvii, 491 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Summary: Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination. Subjects: Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Family. Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships. Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: A poet next door -- 'A still-- volcano-- life. ' The first family ; A scientific education ; Sister ; 'Wife without the sign' ; 'Snarl in the brain' ; Telling ; Romancing Judge Lord ; Split in the family -- Mabel's reign. Emily's stand ; Lady Macbeth of Amherst ; Mabel in excelsis -- The war between the houses. Lavinia's stand ; The trial ; Defeats of the first generation ; Two daughters ; The battle of the daughters ; Posthumous campaigns -- Outliving the legend. LCCN: 2009046311 ISBN: 9780670021932 0670021938 Other Number: 463307679 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 268713 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Dickinson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
