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Emily Dickinson : daughter of prophecy /

How do women, historically excluded from the role of preacher because of their gender, gain authority to assume a prophetic voice? What rhetorical strategies can empower the woman who would claim the role of prophet? In this book, Beth Maclay Doriani looks at the ways Emily Dickinson addressed these...

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Основен автор: Doriani, Beth Maclay, 1961-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, ℗♭1996.
Предмети:
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Religion.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886.
1800-1899
Women and literature > New England > History > 19th century.
Christian poetry, American > History and criticism.
Sermons, American > History and criticism.
Women > Religious life > New England.
Prophecies in literature.
Authority in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Christian poetry, American.
Religion.
Sermons, American.
Women and literature.
Women > Religious life.
New England.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13814
Подобни документи: Print version:: Emily Dickinson.
Съдържание:
  • Prophecy, poetry, and Dickinson's American contexts
  • "A word that breathes distinctly"
  • "Captivating sermons" and Dickinson's rhetoric of prophecy
  • Speaking for "Infinitude": Dickinson and poetic inspiration
  • Constructions of genre and self
  • Scriptural rhetoric and poetry
  • Female prophecy in New England
  • "And I sneered
  • softly
  • 'small'!": renunciation and power
  • "Tis so appalling
  • it exhilarates": Dickinson's wisdom of wonder
  • Appendix: A sample of Dickinson's poems showing the sermonic structure and variations
  • Index to Dickinson's poems.

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