Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing
By: Daneen Wardrop.
Series: [Becoming modern. Reading dress series]; Becoming modern
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press; University Press of New England
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham, N.H; Hanover [N.H.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781584657804
Subjects: Dickinson, Emily, -- 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dickinson, Emily, -- 1830-1886 -- Knowledge -- Clothing; Clothing and dress in literature; Class consciousness in literature; Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "time would fail me to enumerate my appearance"; title: Dickinson's fashion : "Won't you tell 'the public' that at present I wear a brown dress"; title: Dress the maker : "I finish Mama's sacque, all but the overcastting"; title: "Kelley Square" and "The crossing" : "but the whistle calls me; title: "; title: The body's body : tippet, basque, gaiters, pantalettes : "I asked him how you looked, and what you wore"; title: The bonnet of Dickinson's family : "Mother wants me to say that if you like Aunt L's bonnet"; title: Lace theory : "as laces just reveal the surge; title: "; title: Conclusion : "pierce me with a fashion".