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Article: A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson.(The Gardens of Emily Dickinson)(Book Review)
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- Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson. Edited by Vivian R. Pollack. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 312 pp. $50.00/$19.95 paper.
The Gardens of Emily Dickinson. By Judith Farr with a chapter by Louise Carter. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. 368 pp. $26.95/$18.95 paper.
At least partly in response to the advent of cultural studies, Dickinson scholars have attempted to reconstruct the cultural and historical milieu in which she wrote. Recently, A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson and The Gardens of Emily Dickinson have argued that Dickinson's personal trials and stylistic innovations intersect with a pattern of religious doubt, ...