num_pages: 222
description: Though it is perhaps not a new thesis to consider Dickinson's poetry in sexual terms (whether repressed or articulated) Smith's readings project a finer analysis than those simply based on the mytho-biographies of the poet. He communicates the uncanny, seductive quality of the verse, musing over readers' visceral reactions that continue in an almost cultish fashion among many poets today, and studying other essays (Adrienne Rich's most notably) to attempt to understand how to understand one of the most complex and fascinating poets of any era. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: The Seductions of Emily Dickinson
titlecomplete: The Seductions of Emily Dickinson
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr