Literature Network » Emily Dickinson

My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson

Content courtesy of

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review
Date: 20020701
Author:Anonymous

My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson, by Alfred Habegger.

While this 764-page tome lacks the elegant prose and psychological insight of Richard B. Sewall's 1974 National Book Award-winning biography of Dickinson, Habegger provides a useful resource to the poet's admirers and students, incorporating feminist scholarship that has emerged over the past three decades into his narrative of her life. With access to a more definitively dated oeuvre as well, Habegger attempts to draw connections between Dickinson's writings and the events in her life more decisively than have ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.



Other Articles on Emily Dickinson

  • Poems of Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
  • A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson.(The Gardens of Emily Dickinson)(Book Review)
  • ANNUAL EMILY DICKINSON POETRY WALK TO COMMEMORATE POET'S DEATH, MAY 12
  • Emily Dickinson Museum and Emily Dickinson International Society Present Exhibition by Artist Alberto Mancini
  • ANNUAL EMILY DICKINSON POETRY WALK TO COMMEMORATE POET'S DEATH MAY 13
  • Dickinson's "Some things that fly there be." (Emily Dickinson)
  • Emily Dickinson
  • Dickinson's "The parasol is the umbrella's daughter." (Emily Dickinson)
  • Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief.
  • The Life of Emily Dickinson.
  • Find More Articles

    • About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.



    - 1P3-141369571
    Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily
    In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time.
    Email:
    		Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter
    Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.
    Email: