The Undiscovered Continent: Emily Dickinson and the Space of the Mind

The Undiscovered Continent: Emily Dickinson and the Space of the Mind
ISBN-10
0253361648
ISBN-13
9780253361646
Category
Literary Criticism / Poetry
Pages
189
Language
English
Published
1983
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Suzanne Juhasz

Description

While making a case for a feminist reading of Dickinson's poetry throughout this study, Juhasz focuses mainly on a critical analysis of that large group of poems that describe the mental life of Emily Dickinson, or what the poet herself termed the "Undiscovered Continent." Juhasz argues that Dickinson set out to negotiate with extremes of mental experience: memory, pain, despair (the "tangible" experiences) and eternity (the "conceptual" one). She believes that Dickinson chose solitude as a strategy both for living and writing. ISBN 0-253-36164-8 : $17.50.

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