Value of Emily Dickinson

The Value of Emily Dickinson is the first compact introduction to Dickinson to focus primarily on her poems and why they have held and continue to hold such significance for readers. It addresses the question of literary value in light of current controversies dividing scholars, including those surrounding the critical issue of whether her writings are best appreciated as visual works of manuscript art or as rhymed and metered poems intended for the inner ear. Mary Loeffelholz deftly incorporates Dickinson's distinctive biography and her historical, religious, and cultural contexts into close readings, tracing the evolution of Dickinson's style. This volume - which considers not only the complex history of Dickinson's poems in print, but also their future in digital formats - will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students seeking to better understand the importance of this seminal American poet.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The life of Dickinson's writing; 2. Some striding - giant - love -; 3. Women, now, queens, now!; 4. Her American materials; 5. Faith and doubt; 6. The spirit lasts - but in what mode -.

About the author

Mary Loeffelholz is Professor of English and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston. Her publications include From School to Salon: Reading Nineteenth-Century American Women's Poetry; Experimental Lives: Women and Literature, 1900–1945; and Dickinson and the Boundaries of Feminist Theory.

Summary

This is the first compact introduction to Emily Dickinson to focus principally on her poems and their significance to readers. It addresses the question of literary value, considering current controversies over whether Dickinson's writings are best appreciated as visual works or as rhymed and metered poems intended for the ear.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Loeffelholz, Mary (Northeastern University Loeffelholz, Loeffelholz Mary
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2016
• EAN: 9781107083912
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08391-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: The Value of; The Value of
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: poetry and poets