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Emily Dickinson's poetry : stairway of surprise /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Charles Roberts, 1902-1999 (Author)
Corporate Author: Cairns Collection of American Women Writers
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Criticism and interpretation.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Poets, American > 19th century > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson > Emily.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Poètes américains > 19e siècle > Critique et interprétation.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886
Women and literature
United States
Lyrik
Dickinson, Emily.
1800-1899
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The paradise of art, 'My splendors are menagerie': Wit
  • Words
  • Circumference
  • Center
  • pt. 2. The outer world, 'This whole experiment of green': Perception
  • Forms
  • Evanescence
  • Process
  • pt. 3. The inner world, 'Within a magic prison': Ecstasy
  • Despair
  • pt. 4. The other paradise, 'The white exploit': Death
  • Immortality
  • Appendix: Emily Dickinson
  • A note on the text
  • Poem facsimiles.