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The Value of Emily Dickinson

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Value of Emily Dickinson
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mary Loeffelholz
SeriesThe Value of
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:171
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781107445864
ClassificationsDewey:811.4
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 June 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

'Loeffelholz's study is unstinting in its soundness, intriguing for its discoveries, and invaluable for its close exegesis of many poems. Including supplemental notes, this book gives witness to the compelling vibrancy of an artist in perpetual motion.' Choice