| So Has a Daisy Vanished: Emily Dickinson and Tuberculosis Contributor(s): Mamunes, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786432276 ISBN-13: 9780786432271 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This work places Emily Dickinson's poetry in a new setting, examining the many ways in which Dickinson's literary style was affected by her experiences with tuberculosis and her growing fear of contracting the disease. The author gives an in-depth discussion on 73 of Dickinson's poems, providing readers with a fresh perspective on issues that have long plagued Dickinson biographers, including her notoriously shut-in lifestyle, her complicated relationship with the tuberculosis-stricken Benjamin Franklin Newton, and the possible real-life inspirations for her "terror since September." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.4 |
| LCCN: 2007034732 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9.06" (0.66 lbs) 211 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work places Emily Dickinson's poetry in a new setting, examining the many ways in which Dickinson's literary style was affected by her experiences with tuberculosis and her growing fear of contracting the disease. The author gives an in-depth discussion on 73 of Dickinson's poems, providing readers with a fresh perspective on issues that have long plagued Dickinson biographers, including her notoriously shut-in lifestyle, her complicated relationship with the tuberculosis-stricken Benjamin Franklin Newton, and the possible real-life inspirations for her terror since September. |