Dickinson and the Boundaries of Feminist Theory

by Mary Loeffelholz

Poetry written by the gifted recluse Emily Dickinson has remained fresh and enigmatic for longer than works by her male Transcendentalist counterparts. Here Mary Loeffelholz reads Dickinson's poetry and career in the double context of nineteenth-century literary tradition and twentieth-century feminist literary theory.

"Mary Loeffelholz has written a book that actually performs what it promises. . . . It illuminates our understanding of Emily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252061756
• ISBN13: 9780252061752
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"