Faith Barrett

Public Selves and Private Spheres: Studies of Emily Dickinson and the Civil War, 1984-2007

This essay reviews scholarly work over the last twenty years on Emily Dickinsons relationship to the Civil War. Beginning with detailed commentary on Shira Woloskys Emily Dickinson: A Voice of War, the review offers an overview and analysis of the growing list of books and articles that address this topic.

Dickinson's Misery: A Theory of Lyric Reading (review)

00 sional fervor. In his introduction and especially his conclusion, Brantley reasons thoughtfully on the critical methods Dickinson’s art demands and the importance of venturesome, experimental thinking such as hers for our own academic and religious environment. He has given us a wise, deep, yet friendly, exploratory, and unpretentious book that ought to have great influence on studies of Dickinson’s religious thought even as it inspires curiosity about its promised sequel.