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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Emily Dickinson; Emily Dickinson |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lyndall Gordon |
| ISBN: | 9780670021932 0670021938 |
| OCLC Number: | 463307679 |
| Description: | xvii, 491 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, map, ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | A poet next door -- 'A still -- volcano -- life.' The first family -- A scientific education -- Sister -- 'Wife without the sign' -- 'Snarl in the brain' -- Telling -- Romancing Judge Lord -- Split in the family -- Mabel's reign. Emily's stand -- Lady Macbeth of Amherst -- Mabel in Excelsis -- The war between the houses. Lavinia's stand -- The trial -- Defeats of the first generation -- Two daughters -- The battle of the daughters -- Posthumous campaigns -- Outliving the legend. |
| Responsibility: | Lyndall Gordon. |
| More information: | |
| Local System Bib Number: | ocn463307679 |
Abstract:
Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination.
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