Book

Wolff, Cynthia Griffin, author.

Emily Dickinson / by Cynthia Griffin Wolff.

First edition.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

xii, 641 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

A biography of the New England poet describing her childhood, schooling, family relationships, and presenting an interpretative study of her work.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Women poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.

Women poets, American -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation.

Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.

Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.

Poets, American -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation.

Biographies.

Anderson, Betty Lou, 1921-2009, book designer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-605) and indexes.

The Oven Bird -- My Father's House -- Samuel and Edward: The Last Jerusalem -- Mother and Father: The Fall into Language -- School: Faith and the Argument from Design -- The 1850s: Apprenticeship and Vocation -- Interlude: Context and Subject -- Pugilist and Poet -- The Voice -- The Poet's Problem with a "Woman's Place" -- The Voice of the Child -- The "Wifes" Voice -- The Proleptic Voice -- The Possibilities for Publication -- The Wrestle for Dominion: God's "Supernatural" Defined -- The Ravishment of Faith -- "Nature" Reviewed -- A New Calendar of Signs -- The Masks of Divinity and the Coordinates of Heaven -- Experiment -- Love and the Love Poetry -- The Language of Love -- Love in the Real World -- At the Conclusion Was the Word -- The Razor's Edge: Some Speciment Poems -- Adieu -- The Cosmos as Mirror -- Can You Make a World Aknew with Words? -- Requiem -- One of the Ones that Midas Touched.

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