My Emily Dickinson (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Susan Howe
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Literature, Religion, Poetry or poets, Creative process, Imagination
Form and Content
Susan Howe’s My Emily Dickinson meditates on the political, social, and cultural conditions that informed Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Howe’s work, though erudite, is a poet’s investigation into the poetic imagination rather than a critic’s analysis of poetry. Like Howe’s own poetry—or that of Dickinson—My Emily Dickinson defies any easy categorization. Howe’s text is not commentary; instead, it is an assemblage of meditations and citations from other works, compiled in an attempt to reconstruct Dickinson’s reading and poetic...
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