Scope:  An American poet born in Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson was a precursor to the modern American poet. She produced more than 1500 poems that capture the themes of death, and the nature of heaven and immortality, topics that plagued her throughout her life.

CIRCULATING COLLECTION There are books listed in the Baddour Library on-line catalog under Dickinson, Emily," and under individual works. Books written by and about Emily Dickinson have the call number(s): PN 6112.D52 PR 1541.Aa PS 1541.Z5 Some representative books from the circulation collection that is located upstairs in the library are:

Farr, Judith. The Passion of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 1992.

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. New York: Vintage Books, 1991.

Smith, Martha Nell. Rowing in Eden: Rereading Emily Dickinson. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

REF PS 303.C64 1993 The Columbia History of American Poetry

REF PR 821.C71991 Critical Survey of Poetry

REF PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 1 The American Renaissance in New England

REF PS 94.M34 1993 Masterpieces of American Literature

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

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• American Literature
• Literature-General

WEB SITES

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu

Literary Resources on the Net
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html

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Updated 08/16/2007