| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination. |
| Contents |
A poet next door -- 'A still-- volcano-- life. ' The first family ; A scientific education ; Sister ; 'Wife without the sign' ; 'Snarl in the brain' ; Telling ; Romancing Judge Lord ; Split in the family -- Mabel's reign. Emily's stand ; Lady Macbeth of Amherst ; Mabel in excelsis -- The war between the houses. Lavinia's stand ; The trial ; Defeats of the first generation ; Two daughters ; The battle of the daughters ; Posthumous campaigns -- Outliving the legend. |
| Subject |
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Family.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. |
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Families. |
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships.
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Poets, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780670021932 : $32.95 |
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0670021938 |
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