Emily Dickinson 艾米丽狄更生

Remarks
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich said,"It is plain that Miss Dickinson possesed an extremely coventional and grotesque fancy.She was deeply tinged by the mysticism of Blake,and strongly influenced by the mannernism of Emerson.But the incoherence and formlessness of her--versicles are fatal--
4. nature
- skepticism about the relationship between man & nature - both simple & harmonious - wrote about nature to reveal its simplicity and profundity - tried to establish a connection between nature & man - poems are full of insights into nature & human life
The themes in Dickinson’s poems religion II. death and immortality III. love IV doubt on religious subjects - denied the orthodox view of paradise - revealed her intellectual awakening - marked the Ideological emancipation(思想解放) of women.
• used the dashes, irregular, idiosyncratic punctuation and capitalization
• by clear-cut and delicately original imagery, precise diction, and fragmentary and enigmatic metrical pattern.
Inspirations
• "Loneliness is charming".--optimistic --peace within heart • 1775 work in total--ignored --never dissapointed • single--brave, self-independent and confident • "Escaping means failing again"--goal,grab the oppotunity
3.Love
- One group:
①the reflection of unhappy experience ②related to her deepest and most private feelings.
- another group:
①focused on the physical aspect of desire ②emphasized the power of physical attraction ③expressed fear and fascination for the mysterious magnetism(吸引力) between sexes.
Influences
• • • • 1.one of the most innative poets 2.Amherst--a pilgrimage 3.created scholars,inspired feminist writers 4.give much comfort --mental problems
Thank You
Emily Dickinson
life
• shy New England recluse , verse & letter • die----chief poet of the late 19th century • primary school-----South Hadley Female Academy • after graduation ------father's home till 24 • 1854-------Washington Philadelphia & Boston • single
Features
• 1.work---altered by the publishers ---to fit the conventional poetic rules • 2.poems---unique • short lines--contained • lack of titles • slant rhyme,capitalization and punctuation • 3.idioms--brevity-directness and plainless
Selected Poems:
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death I heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close As Imperceptibly as Grief Mine—by the Right of the White Election Wild Nights—Wild Nights A Narrow Fellow in the Grass Apparently with No Surprise I Died for Beauty—but Was Scarce Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant I Like to See It Lap the Miles The Brain—Is Wider than the Sky
• an eccentric,dreamy,half-educated recluse in an out-of-the wayNew England village can not with impunity to Dickinsin's poetry appeared."
• gift for words--generations of readers • sophiscated and eccentrric
2. death and immortality
- closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry - physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death - “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –”
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wanted to burn off her manuscript published Poems (1890) Poems:Second Series (1891) The Single House (1914)-------major poet The Poetry of Emily Dickinson (1955) -------definitive edition
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Benjamin Newton & Charles Wadsworth B-----------lawyer-----verse C-----------"dearest earthly friend" 1862 , C visited her in Amherst-------''white election'' • avoid strangers------marked the beginning of retirement • more and more alone---not sad • died at Amherst on May 16,1886