Emily Dickinson: Self-Discipline in the Service of Art

by Lisa Paddock and Carl Rollyson

Emily Dickinson exemplified the virtue of self-discipline. She wrote poetry largely for her own pleasure and to exercise and increase her creative talents. Very few of her poems were published during her own lifetime, yet we know that she wrote consistently--perhaps every day--over several decades. Poetry was her way of knowing herself and understanding the world. She could control and express her ideas and emotions through poetry, perhaps the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440115346
• ISBN13: 9781440115349
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"