Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson

The essays presented here, all of them previously unpublished, provide an overview of Emily Dickinson studies at the start of the twenty-first century. Written in an engaging and accessable style, this collection represents the best of contemporary scholarship and points the way toward exciting new directions for the future. While locating the public Dickinson in relation to American political, social, and literary history, this volume also remains faithful to the exceptional, private particulars of her self-fashioned career.