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an introduction to the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson
Updated on Aug 19, 13
Created on Aug 02, 09
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This page, maintained by Prof. Ann Woodlief, contains part of a biographical sketch written by Michael Myers, in Thinking and Writing About Literature.
This page, by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC, is an introduction to her extensive website that supports a course in Dickinson.
Prof. Melani provides extensive notes about her approach to Dickinson on this page. Please read the section on "Dickinson's Style" and "Themes in her Poems." It may be helpful to read other sections as well, but is not mandatory.
Please read the poem and the explanation that follows. This is part of the site created by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Important Note: Dickinson did not title her poems. Usually the poems are referred to by their first lines. Thus, this poem is called "Success is Counted Sweetest."
Please read the poem and the explication here. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Please read the poem and the explication. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Here's another explication of "The Soul selects her own Society" by our old companion Prof. Ann Woodlief. Compare and contrast this with the ideas presented by Prof. Lilia Melani on the previous page.
Please read this poem. No explication on this one. Try to see what you can come up with on your own.
Please read the poem and the explication. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Please read the poem and the explication. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Please read the poem and the explication. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Please read this poem and try your hand at interpreting it.
Please read the poem and the explication. This is part of the site maintained by Prof. Lilia Melani at Brooklyn College in NYC.
Dickinson continues to invite discussion and comment among literary scholars. Here is an August 2008 review of a new biography of Dickinson which focuses on her relationship with Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
This is optional reading and this is the end of the Dickinson list.
13 items | 9 visits
an introduction to the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson
Updated on Aug 19, 13
Created on Aug 02, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: