Emily Dickinson has often been pictured as a sensitive but isolated poet -- someone who published very little in her lifetime and limited herself to lyrics, considered to be the kind of poems most removed from social and political life. In recent years, scholars have challenged that view, and this book extends the discussion in valuable new directions.Domhnall Mitchell begins by focusing on three historical phenomena -- the railroad, the Dickinson Homestead, and horticulture -- and argues that poems about trains, home, and flowers engage with their meanings in ways that extend beyond the...
Emily Dickinson has often been pictured as a sensitive but isolated poet -- someone who published very little in her lifetime and limited herself to l...
Emily Dickinson's poetry is known and read worldwide but to date there have been no studies of her reception and influence outside America. This collection of essays brings together international research on her reception abroad including translations, circulation and the responses of private and professional readers to her poetry in different countries. The contributors address key translations of individual poems and lyric sequences; Dickinson's influence on other writers, poets and culture more broadly; biographical constructions of Dickinson as a poet; the political cultural and...
Emily Dickinson's poetry is known and read worldwide but to date there have been no studies of her reception and influence outside America. This co...
The process of globalization has left no corner of the world untouched. Although many studies use post-colonial theory to understand its large-scale effects, the contributors to this book show how such theory can be drawn on for productive use in other contexts, such as the Scandinavian. In doing so, they also rework the well-worn concept of "hybridity" to one of "cultural melange," creating a lens by which to take a broader view of the phenomenon: from Africa to Poland, from France to Norway, various forms of globalization processes have accelerated an interpenetration of cultures which...
The process of globalization has left no corner of the world untouched. Although many studies use post-colonial theory to understand its large-scale e...
