A door ajar : contemporary writers and Emily Dickinson
Gardner, ThomasAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Critics have said that Emily Dickinson has no heirs, and her poetry represents the zenith of the experimental method she developed in the mid-19th century. Thomas Gardner disagrees. In this study, he takes up conversation with four contemporary writers in whose work he finds an extension or expansion of Dickinson's literary legacy.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Critics have said that Emily Dickinson has no heirs, and her poetry represents the zenith of the experimental method she developed in the mid-19th century. Thomas Gardner disagrees. In this study, he takes up conversation with four contemporary writers in whose work he finds an extension or expansion of Dickinson's literary legacy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Enlarging loneliness: Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping -- Interview with Marilynne Robinson -- Restructured and restrung: Charles Wright's Zone journals -- Interview with Charles Wright -- Words sound other ways: Susan Howe's prose -- Interview with Susan Howe -- Meeting apart: Jorie Graham's Swarm -- Interview with Jorie Graham.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
American poetry
Poets, American
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature