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A loaded gun, Emily Dickinson for the 21st century, Jerome Charyn

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A loaded gun, Emily Dickinson for the 21st century, Jerome Charyn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

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facsimilesportraits

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A loaded gun

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

936359160

Responsibility statement

Jerome Charyn

Sub title

Emily Dickinson for the 21st century

Summary

"We think we know Emily Dickinson: the Belle of Amherst, virginal, reclusive, and possibly mad. But in A Loaded Gun, Jerome Charyn introduces us to a different Emily Dickinson: fierce, brilliant, and sexually charged. Through interviews with contemporary scholars, close readings of Dickinson's correspondence and handwritten manuscripts, and a suggestive, newly discovered photograph that is purported to show Dickinson with her lover, Charyn's literary sleuthing reveals the great poet in ways that have only been hinted at previously: as a woman who was deeply philosophical, intensely engaged with the world, attracted to members of both sexes, and able to write poetry that disturbs and delights us today."--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Zero at the Bone -- The two Emilys-and the earl -- Daemon dog -- Judith Shakespeare and Margaret Maher -- Ballerinas in a box -- Phantom lady -- Within a magic prison -- Nothing -- Cleopatra's company -- The witch's hour -- Coda: Sam Carlo

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Emily Dickinson for the 21st century

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