A Voice of Her Own - Becoming Emily Dickinson

Informationen zum Autor Author! playwright! and actor Barbara Dana spent over a decade researching Emily Dickinson for this book. Her award-winning books for children include Zucchini and Young Joan ! a novel based on the girlhood of Joan of Arc. She is also the coeditor of Wider Than the Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson for adults. Ms. Dana has three grown sons. She lives in South Salem! New York! with her yellow lab! Riley. Klappentext An award-winning author brilliantly imagines the girlhood of iconic American poet Emily Dickinson! capturing the cadences of her unique voice and bringing it to radiant life. Zusammenfassung When something is most important to me and I do not want to lose it! I gather it into a poem. It is said that women must employ the needle and not the pen. But I will be a Poet! That's who I am! Before she was an iconic American poet! Emily Dickinson was a spirited girl eager to find her place in the world. Expected by family and friends to mold to the prescribed role for women in mid-1800s New England! Emily was challenged to define herself on her own terms. Award-winning author Barbara Dana brilliantly imagines the girlhood of this extraordinary young woman! capturing the cadences of her unique voice and bringing her to radiant life.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Dana
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780060287047
• ISBN: 978-0-06-028704-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 181 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / Medieval *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Novels in Verse *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Biographical *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Poetry *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Places / United States