The Resource Emily Dickinson's vision : illness and identity in her poetry, James R. Guthrie
Emily Dickinson's vision : illness and identity in her poetry, James R. Guthrie
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- Summary
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- In this original contribution to Dickinson biography and criticism, James Guthrie demonstrates how the poet's optical disease - strabismus, a deviation of the cornea - directly affected her subject matter, her poetic method, and indeed her sense of her own identity
- Dickinson's illness compelled her to remain indoors with her eyes heavily bandaged for months at a time, especially during the summer. Guthrie maintains that these extended periods of sensory deprivation caused her to seek solace in writing and to convert her poems into replacements for her injured eyes. Many poems discuss her physical pain; many mention such topics as optics, astronomy, light, or the sun; some suggest that she blamed God for what had happened to her
- These poems permitted her, Guthrie says, to use her personal experience as a springboard for discussing philosophical and religious matters and led her, finally, to conceive a system of metapoetics in which she served as translator or mediator between God's will and human experience
- Guthrie argues that reading the poems in an overtly biographical context deepens their complexity and profundity. Dickinson emerges from this study as an accomplished artist and an eminently sane and stable woman whose patience and optimism were sorely tested by severe, chronic illness
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)
- Contents
-
- 5.
- The "Consent of Language": Symbolism in Nature, Mathematics, and the Sacrament
- 6.
- "A Tumultuous Privacy of Storm": Snow, Publication, and the Problem of Romantic Egotism
- 7.
- A Charter for Heaven on Earth: Law, Property, and Provincialism in Dickinson's Poems and Letters to Judge Otis Phillips Lord
- 1.
- "Measuring the Sun": Perception, Punishment, and the Rivalrous Imagination
- 2.
- Compound Vision: The Poet as Astronomer
- 3.
- The "Scientist of Faith": Overcoming the Obstacles to Perception
- 4.
- Poetry as Place: Heaven, Ill/locality, and Continents of Light
- Isbn
- 9780813021652
- Label
- Emily Dickinson's vision : illness and identity in her poetry
- Title
- Emily Dickinson's vision
- Title remainder
- illness and identity in her poetry
- Statement of responsibility
- James R. Guthrie
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- American Literature
- Augenkrankheit
- Ciel -- Aspect religieux, dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dickinson, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Critique et interprétation
- Electronic books
- English
- Femmes et littérature -- Massachusetts -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Handicapés visuels
- Health in literature
- Health in literature
- Heaven in literature
- Heaven in literature
- History
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identität
- Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature
- Krankheit
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry
- Languages & Literatures
- Literature
- Lyrik
- Massachusetts
- People with visual disabilities
- People with visual disabilities
- Santé dans la littérature
- Schielen
- Soleil dans la littérature
- Summer in literature
- Summer in literature
- Sun
- Sun -- In literature
- Women and literature
- Été dans la littérature
- Women and literature -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- In this original contribution to Dickinson biography and criticism, James Guthrie demonstrates how the poet's optical disease - strabismus, a deviation of the cornea - directly affected her subject matter, her poetic method, and indeed her sense of her own identity
- Dickinson's illness compelled her to remain indoors with her eyes heavily bandaged for months at a time, especially during the summer. Guthrie maintains that these extended periods of sensory deprivation caused her to seek solace in writing and to convert her poems into replacements for her injured eyes. Many poems discuss her physical pain; many mention such topics as optics, astronomy, light, or the sun; some suggest that she blamed God for what had happened to her
- These poems permitted her, Guthrie says, to use her personal experience as a springboard for discussing philosophical and religious matters and led her, finally, to conceive a system of metapoetics in which she served as translator or mediator between God's will and human experience
- Guthrie argues that reading the poems in an overtly biographical context deepens their complexity and profundity. Dickinson emerges from this study as an accomplished artist and an eminently sane and stable woman whose patience and optimism were sorely tested by severe, chronic illness
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Guthrie, James R.
- Dewey number
- 811/.4
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS1541.Z5
- LC item number
- G88 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dickinson, Emily
- Women and literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- People with visual disabilities
- Heaven in literature
- Summer in literature
- Health in literature
- Sun
- Dickinson, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily
- Femmes et littérature
- Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature
- Handicapés visuels
- Ciel
- Été dans la littérature
- Santé dans la littérature
- Soleil dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Health in literature
- Heaven in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Literature
- People with visual disabilities
- Summer in literature
- Women and literature
- Massachusetts
- Sun
- Augenkrankheit
- Identität
- Lyrik
- Schielen
- Identität
- Krankheit
- English
- Languages & Literatures
- American Literature
- Label
- Emily Dickinson's vision : illness and identity in her poetry, James R. Guthrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- The "Consent of Language": Symbolism in Nature, Mathematics, and the Sacrament
- 6.
- "A Tumultuous Privacy of Storm": Snow, Publication, and the Problem of Romantic Egotism
- 7.
- A Charter for Heaven on Earth: Law, Property, and Provincialism in Dickinson's Poems and Letters to Judge Otis Phillips Lord
- 1.
- "Measuring the Sun": Perception, Punishment, and the Rivalrous Imagination
- 2.
- Compound Vision: The Poet as Astronomer
- 3.
- The "Scientist of Faith": Overcoming the Obstacles to Perception
- 4.
- Poetry as Place: Heaven, Ill/locality, and Continents of Light
- Control code
- 48138376
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813021652
- Lccn
- 97044483
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)48138376
- Label
- Emily Dickinson's vision : illness and identity in her poetry, James R. Guthrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- The "Consent of Language": Symbolism in Nature, Mathematics, and the Sacrament
- 6.
- "A Tumultuous Privacy of Storm": Snow, Publication, and the Problem of Romantic Egotism
- 7.
- A Charter for Heaven on Earth: Law, Property, and Provincialism in Dickinson's Poems and Letters to Judge Otis Phillips Lord
- 1.
- "Measuring the Sun": Perception, Punishment, and the Rivalrous Imagination
- 2.
- Compound Vision: The Poet as Astronomer
- 3.
- The "Scientist of Faith": Overcoming the Obstacles to Perception
- 4.
- Poetry as Place: Heaven, Ill/locality, and Continents of Light
- Control code
- 48138376
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813021652
- Lccn
- 97044483
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)48138376
Subject
- 1800-1899
- American Literature
- Augenkrankheit
- Ciel -- Aspect religieux, dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dickinson, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Critique et interprétation
- Electronic books
- English
- Femmes et littérature -- Massachusetts -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Handicapés visuels
- Health in literature
- Health in literature
- Heaven in literature
- Heaven in literature
- History
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identität
- Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature
- Krankheit
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry
- Languages & Literatures
- Literature
- Lyrik
- Massachusetts
- People with visual disabilities
- People with visual disabilities
- Santé dans la littérature
- Schielen
- Soleil dans la littérature
- Summer in literature
- Summer in literature
- Sun
- Sun -- In literature
- Women and literature
- Été dans la littérature
- Women and literature -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century
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