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(0)Polly Longsworth
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"Emily Dickinson left an enduring literary legacy--nearly 2,000 poems--yet she was so intensely private that her life is sometimes seen as one of solitary devotion to the Muse. The over 275 portraits, engravings, maps, and other illustrations in The world of Emily Dickinson attest to a much broader life than is commonly thought."--Back cover
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Preface / Richard B. Sewall -- Mabel and David Todd -- Susan and Austin Dickinson -- The Letters -- The Mutual Discovery: September 1882-December 1883 -- Amuasbteiln: 1884 -- A New Epoch: 1885-1886 -- Menage a Trois: 1887-1889 -- The Publication of Emily Dickinson's Poems: 1890-1893 -- The End of Austin's Life: 1894-1895 -- The Law Suit and the Trial: 1896-1898.
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"A filmmaker who is stumped but captivated by Emily Dickinson's poetry searches for 'flashes of insight' into the elusive poet beyond those offered by his lively but traditional interviews with experts such as actress Julie Harris and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. So he turns to shrinks, a sensitive, a stand-up comic, a rock band, even a fan with an Emily tattoo across his back. Still unsatisfied, he holds auditions in which dozens of actresses...