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New Poems of Emily Dickinson - by William H Shurr (Paperback)

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  • For most of her life Emily Dickinson regularly embedded poems, disguised as prose, in her lively and thoughtful letters.
  • About the Author: William H. Shurr, professor of English at the University of Tennessee, is author of several books, including "The Marriage of Emily Dickinson.
  • 136 Pages
  • Poetry, American

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About the Book



This three-volume collection of correspondence between a father and a son documents 18th-century America through the intimate story of a Maryland family and the journey from boyhood to political prominence of its most illustrious member, Charles Carroll o



Book Synopsis



For most of her life Emily Dickinson regularly embedded poems, disguised as prose, in her lively and thoughtful letters. Although many critics have commented on the poetic quality of Dickinson's letters, William Shurr is the first to draw fully developed poems from them. In this remarkable volume, he presents nearly 500 new poems that he and his associates excavated from her correspondence, thereby expanding the canon of Dickinson's known poems by almost one-third and making a remarkable addition to the study of American literature. Here are new riddles and epigrams, as well as longer lyrics that have never been seen as poems before. While Shurr has reformatted passages from the letters as poetry, a practice Dickinson herself occasionally followed, no words, punctuation, or spellings have been changed. Shurr points out that these new verses have much in common with Dickinson's well-known poems: they have her typical punctuation (especially the characteristic dashes and capitalizations); they use her preferred hymn or ballad meters; and they continue her search for new and unusual rhymes. Most of all, these poems continue Dickinson's remarkable experiments in extending the boundaries of poetry and human sensibility.



Review Quotes




[Shurr s] careful readings offer us an even richer mother of American poetry than any of us ever knew to exist.

Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University

The brevity and visual intensity of many short pieces show Dickinson as a precursor of the Imagists.

"Publishers Weekly", starred review

[Shurr_s] careful readings offer us an even richer mother of American poetry than any of us ever knew to exist.

Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University

[Shurra[s] careful readings offer us an even richer mother of American poetry than any of us ever knew to exist.

Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University

ÝShurrs¨ careful readings offer us an even richer mother of American poetry than any of us ever knew to exist.

Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University

An exciting, innovative, and important advance in Dickinson studies.

Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside

True lovers of poetry will welcome these rediscovered treasures and take pleasure in their quiet intensity, wisdom, and grace.

"Booklist" (starred review)

"[ShurrUs] careful readings offer us an even richer mother of American poetry than any of us ever knew to exist.

Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University"

"An exciting, innovative, and important advance in Dickinson studies.

Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside"

"The brevity and visual intensity of many short pieces show Dickinson as a precursor of the Imagists.

"Publishers Weekly," starred review"

"True lovers of poetry will welcome these rediscovered treasures and take pleasure in their quiet intensity, wisdom, and grace.

"Booklist" (starred review)"

The book is more than a literary curiosity.

"Houston Post"



About the Author



William H. Shurr, professor of English at the University of Tennessee, is author of several books, including "The Marriage of Emily Dickinson."
Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 5.49 Inches (W) x .42 Inches (D)
Weight: .46 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 136
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: William H Shurr
Language: English
Street Date: September 24, 1993
TCIN: 92519392
UPC: 9780807844168
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-5939
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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