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The Value of Emily Dickinson
Contributor(s): Loeffelholz, Mary (Author)
ISBN: 1107445868     ISBN-13: 9781107445864
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $18.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Dewey: 811.4
LCCN: 2015040734
Series: Value of
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.59" W x 8.6" (0.49 lbs) 171 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Loeffelholz, Mary: - 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�945; and Dickinson and the Boundaries of Feminist Theory.