My wars are laid away in books : the life of Emily Dickinson
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New York : Random House, 2001.
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1st ed.
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xvii, 764 pages ; 24 cm.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
811.4 DIC 2001
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Published
New York : Random House, 2001.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Alfred Habegger presents the first thorough account of Dickinson's growth - a story of genius in the process of formation and then in the act of overwhelming production." "Building on the work of former and contemporary scholars, My Wars Are Laid Away in Books brings to light a wide range of new material from legal archives, congregational records, contemporary women's writing, and previously unpublished fragments of Dickinson's own letters. Habegger discovers the best available answers to the pressing questions about the poet: Was she lesbian? Who was the person she evidently loved? Why did she refuse to publish, and why was this refusal so integral an aspect of her work? Habegger also illuminates many of the essential connections in Dickinson's story: between the decay of doctrinal Protestantism and the emergence of her riddling lyric vision; between her father's political isolation after the Whig Party's collapse and her private poetic vocation; between her frustrated quest for human intimacy and the tuning of her uniquely seductive voice."--Jacket

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Habegger, A. (2001). My wars are laid away in books: the life of Emily Dickinson . Random House.

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Habegger, Alfred. 2001. My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson. Random House.

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Habegger, Alfred. My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson Random House, 2001.

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Habegger, Alfred. My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson Random House, 2001.

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