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Emily Dickinson, probably the most loved and certainly the greatest of American poets, continues to be seen as the most elusive. One reason she has become a timeless icon of mystery for many readers is that her developmental phases have not been clarified. In this exhaustively researched... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Emily Dickinson: Add a description of this character.
- Samuel Fowler Dickinson
- Edward Dickinson
- Vinnie
- Samuel Bowles
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Frances
- Lavinia
- Mary
- Martha
- Wadsworth
- Monson
- Joel
- Susan Gilbert
- Maria
- Emily Fowler
- Jane Humphrey
- William
- Louisa
- Maggie
- Mattie
- Mabel Loomis Todd
- Newman
- Loring
- Jane Eyre
- Mack
- Sarah
- Clark
- Porter
- Colton
- Lucretia
- Abby
- Elizabeth Holland
- Emmons
- Harriet
- Joseph
- Catharine
Setting & Locations edit
- Austin
- Amherst Academy
- Boston
- New England
- New York
- Springfield
- Massachusetts
- Mount Holyoke
- Norcross
- Northampton
- Heaven
- Cambridge
- Michigan
- West Street
- Washington
- Philadelphia
- Brooklyn
- Worcester
- California
- Geneva
- Amherst College
- Europe
- San Francisco
- Connecticut Valley
- Dickinson Homestead
- Ohio
- Baltimore
- Concord
- Easthampton
- Hollands
- Belchertown
- Hartford
- Mansion
- Andover
- New Haven
- Franklin
- Israel
- Hadley
- Paris
- America
- Jerusalem
- Germany
- Maine
- New London
- Cincinnati
First Sentence edit
Sometime between 1636 and 1638, Emily Dickinson's earliest American progenitors in the paternal line, Nathaniel and Ann Gull Dickinson, left the parish of Billingborough in Lincolnshire, England, for the raw British outpost of Wethersfied, Connecticut.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alfred Habegger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0679449868
Page Count: 784
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0679449868
Page Count: 784
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 811.4
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Criticism
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
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