Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds / Lyndall Gordon.
| Author/creator |
Gordon, Lyndall |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st American ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Viking, 2010. |
| Description | xvii, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | A poet next door -- 'A still--volcano--life.' The first family -- A scientific education -- Sister -- 'Wife without the sign' -- 'Snarl in the brain' -- Telling -- Romancing Judge Lord -- Split in the family -- Mabel's reign. Emily's stand -- Lady Macbeth of Amherst -- Mabel in Excelsis -- The war between the houses. Lavinia's stand -- The trial -- Defeats of the first generation -- Two daughters -- The battle of the daughters -- Posthumous campaigns -- Outliving the legend. |
| Abstract | Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-470) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2009046311 |
| ISBN | 9780670021932 |
| ISBN | 0670021938 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS1541.Z5 G66 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |