8: Reassessing Dickinson’s Poetic Project: A Postmodern Perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on References x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1: Approaching Dickinson’s Rhetoric, Poetics, and Stylistics 12
7. 2: Trends in Dickinson Biography and Biographical/ Psychoanalytic Criticism 40
8. 3: The Feminist Revolution in Dickinson Criticism 65
9. 4: The Manuscripts of a Non-Print Poet 85
10. 5: Dickinson in Cultural Context: Principal Critical Insights 106
11. 6: Dickinson’s Poetic Spirituality 125
12. 7: Scholarship on Archetypal and Philosophical Themes in Dickinson’s Poetry 146
13. 8: Reassessing Dickinson’s Poetic Project: A Postmodern Perspective 162
14. 9: Emily Dickinson in Belles Lettres, Music, and Art 176
15. 10: Concluding Reflections 187
16. Selected Editions of Emily Dickinson’s Poems and Letters 193
17. Works Cited 195
18. Index 215
19. Index of First Lines 225