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DICKINSON AND AMERICAN FICTION
EMILY DICKINSON
BIOGRAPHY
AMHERST RECLUSIVE LIFE
CORRESPONDENCE VIA LETTERS
1,800 POEMS FOUND POSTHUMOUSLY
FEWER THAN 10 PUBLISHED IN LIFETIME
STYLE AND FEATURE
DISTINCTIVE DASHES (-)
COMMON METRE (HYMNS/BALLADS)
SLANT RHYMES
DOMESTIC AND NATURE IMAGERY
CORE FIGURE
SUFFERING AND GRIEF
MELANCHOLY AND JOY
NATURE AS MYTERY
CELEBRATION OF ANONYMITY
I'M NOBADY! WHO ARE YOU?
THEMES
AUTHENTICITY OF ANONYMITY
CRITICISM OF PUBLIC FAME
REJCTION OF ONFORMITY
CENTRAL METAPHORS
FROG: NOISY "SOMEBODY"
CROAKING: SELF-PROMOTION
BOG: INSIGNIFICAN AUDIENCE
LIVELONG JUNE TIRING FAME
TONE AND TECHNIQUE
PLAYFUL AND CHILD-LIKE
INITIMATE "US" VS "THEM"
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
CHOICE OF "ADVERTISE OVER BANISH"
LITERARY CONNECTIONS
WALT WHITMAN: CELEBRATION OF SELF
THOREAU: AUTHENTICITY IN SOLITUDE
OSCAR WILDE: NOTORIETY AND DANDYISM
CHARLIE CHAPLIN: CRITICISM OF POWER
AMERICAN FICTION
DARK ROMANTICISM
PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF HUMANITY
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: PURITAN ALLEGORY
HERMAN MELVILLE: EPIC STRUGGLES
KEY AUTHORS AND WORKS
HENRY JAMES: REALISM AND PERCEPTION
MARK TWAIN: HUCKLEBERRY FINN
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: LITTE WOMEN
GENERAL CONTEXT
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL FOCUS
SEARCH FOR NATIONAL IDENTITY
SOCIAL CAUSES: ABOLITION AND RIGHTS