Sarah Emsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5407702 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Emsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Emsley |
| SIGNATURE | EMSLEY S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is Emily Dickinson a Metaphysical Poet
Emily Dickinson has been called “a major metaphysical poet of the nineteenth century” (Thota 161) and even, “if any nineteenth-century writer can be called this, the American metaphysical” (Keller 203). In recent years, criticism of Dickinson has tended to focus more on investigating aspects of her immediate historical context than on exploring her use of the conventions of metaphysical poetry, but the question of whether or not she can usefully…
Harriet Jacobs and the Language of Autobiography
Harriet Jacobs is in many ways a reluctant autobiographer. In the eyes of nineteenth-century southerners, she is rightfully a slave, and therefore has no claim to her own identity or to "a life." By northern standards, she is a fallen woman, whose life story is best kept a secret. And even among other slave narratives, her story will prove to be unusual. Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ([1861] 1987) is not just the story of a slave…
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Harriet Jacobs and the Language of Autobiography
Harriet Jacobs is in many ways a reluctant autobiographer. In the eyes of nineteenth-century southerners, she is rightfully a slave, and therefore has no claim to her own identity or to "a life." By northern standards, she is a fallen woman, whose life story is best kept a secret. And even among other slave narratives, her story will prove to be unusual. Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ([1861] 1987) is not just the story of a slave…
Is Emily Dickinson a Metaphysical Poet
Emily Dickinson has been called “a major metaphysical poet of the nineteenth century” (Thota 161) and even, “if any nineteenth-century writer can be called this, the American metaphysical” (Keller 203). In recent years, criticism of Dickinson has tended to focus more on investigating aspects of her immediate historical context than on exploring her use of the conventions of metaphysical poetry, but the question of whether or not she can usefully…
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