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A Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century
By Charyn, Jerome
- ISBN
- 9781934137987
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary
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Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
Almost everything about America's most mythical poet, Emily Dickinson (1830–86), is a mystery. In his nonfiction counterpart to his popular novel The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, Charyn explores how the gaps in knowledge about Dickinson's biography and writings contribute to her ever-expanding mystique. As a result, Charyn's book forsakes chronology for meditations on thematic details he finds impo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
