The Passion of Emily Dickinson

Judith Farr

    Farr...is one of the most intelligent and authoritative guides to this extraordinary American poet.
       --Paul Delany, New York Times Book Review

    Well-argued and eloquently written...Farr's study contributes essential cultural and historical contexts and offers superb readings of Dickinson's letters and lyrics. For these reasons, The Passion of Emily Dickinson enriches our understanding of one of the greatest and most enigmatic of American poets.
       --Stephanie A. Tingley, American Literature

    A richly revealing contribution...[with] eye-opening readings of' Dickinson's poems.
       --Jane Donahue Eberwein, Belles Lettres

    I admire [the book's] even temperament...Farr admirably avoids ideological rigidity, even while acknowledging, and adopting, strengihs of particular advocates. Her relating Dickinson to nineteenth-century American art is a major contribution.
       --Ralph W. Franklin, editor of the forthcoming variorum Poems of Emily Dickinson

    Farr has opened new ground in our understanding of the poetry. I find entirely convincing her consideration of the relationships with Hudson River and Luminist painting in the period.
       --John Wilmerding

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Judith Farr is Professor of English Emerita, Georgetown University.