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Dobrow, Julie, author.

After Emily : two remarkable women and the legacy of America's greatest poet / Julie Dobrow.

First edition.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

xxii, 426 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

"Emily Dickinson may be the most widely read ... of all American poets, but the story behind her work's initial, posthumous publication in 1890 and the mother-and-daughter team most responsible for her enduring legacy are barely known. [This book] recounts the ... lives of Mabel Loomis Todd and her daughter Millicent Todd Bingham, and the powerful literary legacy they shared"-- Provided by publisher.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Friends and associates.

Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932.

Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968.

Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.

Poetry -- Publishing -- United States -- History.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

One fine day in May (1886) -- Arriving in Amherst (1856-1881) -- Meeting and courting the Dickinsons (1881-1882) -- Soaring love and seething tensions (1883-1894) -- Dickinsonian inspiration: Mabel's creative output (1883-1893) -- Lingering Puritanism and Millicent's sensibilities (1884-1897) -- Embracing Emily's poems (1886-1897) -- Losing Austin, finding Mabel (1895-1904) -- Suing the "Queen of Amherst" (1897-1898) -- Traveling and travails (1899-1917) -- "Sincerely, Joe Thomas" (1918-1919) -- Fighting to define Emily Dickinson (1920-1929) -- Bringing lost poems to light (1930-1939) -- Dealing with "Dickinsoniana" (1940-1955) -- Battling over Emily's papers (1946-1959) -- Seeking closure and meaning (1960-1968) -- Unpacking the camphorwood chest -- Sorting through the clutter.

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