| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 764 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 660-739) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part one, 1636-1830: Amherst and the fathers -- Emily Norcross of Monson -- 1826-1828: winning Emily Norcross -- 1828-1830: shifting foundations -- Part two, 1830-1840: 1830-1835: a warm and anxious nest -- 1836-1840: the fire-stealer's girlfriend -- Part three, 1840-1847: First years on West Street -- Amherst Academy -- Death and friendship -- Part four, 1847-1852: 1847-1848: Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- 1848-1850: first drunkenness -- 1850-1852: somebody's rev-e-ries -- Part five, 1852-1858: 1852-1854: a sheltered life -- 1853-1855: news of the ancient school of true poets -- 1855-1858: troubles and riddles -- Part six, 1858-1865: 1858-1860: nothing's small -- 1860-1862: carrying and singing the heart's heavy freight -- 1862-1865: the fighting years -- Part seven, 1866-1886: 1866-1870: repose -- 1870-1878: wisdom that won't go stale -- 1878-1884: late adventures in friendship and love -- 1880-1886: exquisite containment -- Family charts -- Appendices: A second photography of Emily Dickinson? -- Standing buildings associated with Emily Dickinson -- Deaths from consumption (tuberculosis) -- Emily Dickinson's legal signatures -- Summary of corrected dates of letters. |
| Subject |
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. |
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Poets, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0679449868 |
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