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Daneen Wardrop

Auteur de Emily Dickinson'S Gothic: Goblin With A Gauge

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Daneen Wardrop is a professor of English at Western Michigan University. She is the author of several books, including most recently Emily Dickinson and the labor of Clothing, a work of literary criticism, and Cydorama, a collection of poems written in voices from the Civil War era. She lives in afficher plus Kalamazoo, Michigan. afficher moins

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Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing par Daneen Wardrop
As part of the 'Reading Dress' series, this text approaches Emily Dickinson through the lens of social history, relying on the material cultures of fashion to inform this study of Dickinson and her world. Wardrop attempts to reposition Dickinson from the widespread perception of the poet as recluse to a woman involved with social interactions, concerned with dress, and connected with the cultural processes of clothes-making.

The author draws on a close reading of Dickinson's poems and letters, plus an examination of the visual record of Dickinson and her family, as well as extant clothes from her lifetime.

Nicely-complemented with many monotone and color illustrations, this well-produced book is sure to please Dickinson enthusiasts or historians of fashion.… (plus d'informations)
 
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JBD1 | Mar 27, 2010 |
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