This text challenges some of the more pious views of Emily Dickinson. The author examines her background, letters and poems from a social, cultural and historical perspective, and presents a more complex portrait of Dickinson and her work.
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The reclusive Emily Dickinson and her poetry has been the thought-provoking subject of never-ending scrutiny. Mitchell (Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology) here offers an exhaustive interpretation centered around the cultural (social, economic, political), religious, and biographical details of the poet's life--her home, her flowers, her publication (or lack thereof), her manuscripts, and her handwriting. Minutely analyzing the effect of exterior forces on Dickinson's poetry, Mitchell concludes that the poet was more aware of outside realities than has been believed; she was, he claims, not so isolated from the facts of the world as scholars have previously suggested. This book may prove to be invaluable to Dickinson scholars, helping to illuminate this magnetic figure.
-Robert Kelly, Fort Wayne Community Schs., IN
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Robert Kelly, Fort Wayne Community Schs., IN
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The reclusive Emily Dickinson and her poetry has been the thought-provoking subject of never-ending scrutiny. Mitchell (Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology) here offers an exhaustive interpretation centered around the cultural (social, economic, political), religious, and biographical details of the poet's life--her home, her flowers, her publication (or lack thereof), her manuscripts, and her handwriting. Minutely analyzing the effect of exterior forces on Dickinson's poetry, Mitchell concludes that the poet was more aware of outside realities than has been believed; she was, he claims, not so isolated from the facts of the world as scholars have previously suggested. This book may prove to be invaluable to Dickinson scholars, helping to illuminate this magnetic figure. --Robert Kelly, Fort Wayne Community Schs., IN Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A veritable cornucopia,
By Martin Connolly (Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Emily Dickinson: Monarch of Perception (Hardcover)
Mr Mitchell has penned a book which will be seen as a watershed in literary criticism. "The Monarch of Perception" is a truly perceptive piece. It uncovers many a stone in the field of Emily Dickinson studies, and is not afraid to look at what lies beneath. For anyone who wishes to learn about not only Emily Dickinson, but also America, and even the world, this book is a must. Buy it!
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Pretentious and Inaccurate,
By Pecksniff (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Emily Dickinson: Monarch of Perception (Hardcover)
Professor Mitchell's book is pretentious, as one reviewer here has already said, and inaccurate in the way he pretends to deal with other Dickinson critics, as well as in the way he deals with class in 19th-century America. He pulls work by others out of context, tears it to shreds, and then refuses to take a position himself (except to say that Dickinson was upper-class and was something of a snob). He also has an anachronistic view of class and writes as if class in the late 20th century is the same as class in the 19th. Pity his poor students if he is distributing this sort of misinformation. On top of everything, this book is boring.
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Literary Mumbo Jumbo,
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This review is from: Emily Dickinson: Monarch of Perception (Hardcover)
Mr. Mitchell's work is the kind of speculative fiction that passes as literary criticism today. This book is a tedious, pretentious piece of claptrap that won't even delight other Dickenson scholars.
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