Title Emily Dickinson, a poet's grammar / Cristanne Miller

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1987 Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 1987

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Description 212 pages ; 25 cm Contents Letters to the world -- A grammar -- Reading the poems -- Names and verbs: influences on the poet's language -- The consent of language and the woman poet Summary Traces the roots of Dickinson's unusual, compressed, ungrammatical, and richly ambiguous style of poetry Analysis Poetry in English American writers Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 - Critical studies Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and indexes Subject Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Sources. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Language. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Women -- Language. LC no. 86022836 ISBN 0674250354 (alkaline paper) 0674250362 9780674250352 (alkaline paper) 9780674250369

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