Bibliograph

Emily Dickinson, a biography, Connie Ann Kirk

Type

Label

Emily Dickinson, a biography, Connie Ann Kirk

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-168) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emily Dickinson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52963118

Responsibility statement

Connie Ann Kirk

Series statement

Greenwood biographies,, 1540-4900

Sub title

a biography

Table Of Contents

Timeline : chronology & historical context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ancestry, early life, and family -- 3. Education, religion, and early friendships -- 4. "For occupation - this -" : the poet at home -- 5. "Her travels daily be" : traveling near and far -- 6. A poet's reading -- 7. The "flood" years and the Civil War -- 8. To print or publish? -- 9. Later years, last days -- 10. "Fluid text" and the problem of editing -- 11. Myths, mysteries, and controversies -- 12. "An amethyst remembrance" : Dickinson's reception and legacy -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Family tree -- Appendix B. List of poems published in the poet's lifetime -- Appendix C. Index of first lines of Dickinson poems -- Appendix D. Selected reading of Emily Dickinson -- Appendix E. Important places and holdings in Dickinson studies

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