{"product_id":"a-companion-to-emily-dickinson-isbn-9781118492161","title":"A Companion to Emily Dickinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis companion to America's greatest woman poet showcases the diversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field of Dickinson studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers biographical approaches of Dickinson, the historical, political and cultural contexts of her work, and its critical reception over the years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders issues relating to the different formats in which Dickinson's lyrics have been published ? manuscript, print, halftone and digital facsimile\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides incisive interventions into current critical discussions, as well as opening up fresh areas of critical inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures new work being done in the critique of nineteenth-century American poetry generally, as well as new work being done in Dickinson studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to be used alongside the Dickinson Electronic Archives, an online resource developed over the past ten years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations of Frequently Cited Sources xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Nell Smith and Mary Loeffelholz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Biography – the Myth of “the Myth” 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Architecture of the Unseen 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAife Murray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Fracturing a Master Narrative, Reconstructing “Sister Sue” 37\u003cbr\u003engrid \u003ci\u003eSatelmajer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Public, Private Spheres: What Reading Emily Dickinson’s Mail Taught me about Civil Wars 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Nell Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “Pretty much all real life”: The Material World of the Dickinson Family 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Wald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Civil War – Historical and Political Contexts 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “Drums off the Phantom Battlements”: Dickinson’s War Poems in Discursive Context 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith Barrett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Eagle’s Eye: Dickinson’s View of Battle 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenée Bergland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “How News Must Feel When Traveling”: Dickinson and Civil War Media 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEliza Richards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Cultural Contexts – Literature, Philosophy, Theology, Science 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Really Indigenous Productions: Emily Dickinson, Josiah Holland, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Verse 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Loeffelholz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Thinking Dickinson Thinking Poetry 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirginia Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Dickinson and the Exception 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Cavitch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Dickinson’s Uses of Spiritualism: The “Nature” of Democratic Belief 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Crumbley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “Forever – is Composed of Nows –”: Emily Dickinson’s Conception of Time 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGudrun M. Grabher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 God’s Place in Dickinson’s Ecology 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Textual Conditions: Manuscripts, Printings, Digital Surrogates 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Auntie Gus Felled It New 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Reading Dickinson in Her Context: The Fascicles 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleanor Elson Heginbotham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Poetics of Interruption: Dickinson, Death, and the Fascicles 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandra Socarides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Climates of the Creative Process: Dickinson’s Epistolary Journal 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConnie Ann Kirk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Hearing the Visual Lines: How Manuscript Study Can Contribute to an Understanding of  Dickinson’s Prosody 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen Louise Hart\u003c\/i\u003e, with \u003ci\u003eSandra Chung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 “The Thews of Hymn”: Dickinson’s Metrical Grammar 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael L. Manson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Dickinson’s Structured Rhythms 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristanne Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 A Digital Regiving: Editing the Sweetest Messages in the Dickinson Electronic Archives 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Clement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Editing Dickinson in an Electronic Environment 437\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLara Vetter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Poetry \u0026amp; Media – Dickinson’s Legacies 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 “Dare you see a soul at the White Heat?”: Thoughts on a “Little Home-keeping Person” 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra M. Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Re-Playing the Bible: My Emily Dickinson 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlicia Ostriker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 “For Flash and Click and Suddenness–”: Emily Dickinson and the Photography-Effect 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarta L. Werner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 “Zero to the Bone”: Thelonious Monk, Emily Dickinson, and the Rhythms of Modernism 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of First Lines 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Letters of Emily Dickinson 500\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 503\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMartha Nell Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland. Her numerous publications include three award-winning books – \u003ci\u003eOpen Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eComic Power in Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eRowing in Eden: Rereading Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) – the scholarly edition, \u003ci\u003eEmily Dickinson’s Correspondences: A Born-Digital Scholarly Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and over 50 journal articles and book chapters. The recipient of numerous awards for her work on Dickinson and in new media, Smith is also Coordinator and Executive Editor of the \u003ci\u003eDickinson Electronic Archives\u003c\/i\u003e projects at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) at the University of Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMary Loeffelholz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University. She is the author of From School to Salon: Reading Nineteenth-Century American Women’s Poetry (2004), Experimental Lives: Women and Literature, 1900–1945 (1992), Dickinson and the Boundaries of Feminist Theory (1991), and of a number of essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American poetry and culture. She was formerly editor of Studies in American Fiction and is the editor of Volume D, Between the Wars: 1914–1945 in the Norton Anthology of American Literature This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e to America’s greatest woman poet showcases the diversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field of Dickinson studies. The volume’s original contributions are written by cutting-edge scholars and provide incisive interventions into current critical discussions as well as opening up fresh areas of critical inquiry. They feature new work being done in the critique of nineteenth-century American poetry, as well as new work being done in Dickinson studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is exceptionally broad in scope, covering biographical approaches to Dickinson, the historical, political, and cultural contexts of her work, and its critical reception over the years. Unusually, the volume also emphasizes issues relating to the different formats in which Dickinson’s lyrics have been published – manuscript, print, halftone and digital facsimile. In all areas, readers are able to benefit from using the volume alongside the \u003ci\u003eDickinson Electronic Archives\u003c\/i\u003e(http:\/\/emilydickinson.org\/\"), an online resource developed over the past twenty years by one of the editors, together with teams of Dickinson critics, and markup and programming specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e \"The twenty-six essays that make up this Companion are all of extremely high quality [and] each is quite distinct from the others.... This book is an essential addition to any university library where Dickinson's poetry is included on courses, at any level, and would add depth and breadth to public library collections where Dickinson's poetry is already of significant interest.\" (Reference Reviews, November 2009) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The essays show the breadth, depth, and vitality of current scholarship in Dickinson studies. Indexed and selectively illustrated with black and white photographs, this volume merits a place alongside An Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia and The Emily Dickinson Handbook, but is unique in offering readers the benefits of digital collaboration.\" (Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin, Fall 2008)","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606107877,"sku":"NP9781118492161","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118492161.jpg?v=1761780944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-emily-dickinson-isbn-9781118492161","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}