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The Life of Emily Dickinson

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From: USA Today
Date: 20020301
Author:Kreyche, Gerald F

THE LIFE OF EMILY DICKINSON BY ALFRED HABEGGER RANDOM HOUSE 2001, 765 PAGES, $35.00

The trials of a biographer are numerous, and they are multiplied when the subject of that work is a poet--especially one such as Emily Dickinson, who fits the Churchillian description of a "mystery wrapped in an enigma." Characterized as "an eccentric, a recluse, a romantic, and early feminist," she was each of those, but more. Alfred Habegger, a retired professor of literature from the University of Kansas, has produced an outstanding work on Dickinson, one of America's favorite poets. Experts will have to ...

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