The Letters of Emily Dickinson (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- First Published: 1894
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Letters
- Subjects: Nature, Nineteenth century, Literature, Friendship, Poetry or poets, Emotions
Critical Evaluation:
Fiction, drama, and most poems are the fables of man pretending, living in and expressing himself through the imagination; their symbol is the persona. History and biography are the record of man reporting. Letters are the voice of man speaking and as such the most direct and accessible of all literary forms. But their value as forms of entertainment or revelation is always in direct proportion to the outgoing qualities of the people who write them. In the truly good letter the writer’s guard is down. He feels free to speak out candidly, informingly,...
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