The Life of Emily Dickinson

Richard B. Sewall

    Volume One

    Preface

    Chronology

    1. The Problem Of The Biographer

    Forebears and Family

    2. The New England Dickinsons and The Puritan Heritage

    3. Samuel Fowler Dickinson

    4. Edward Dickinson

    5. Emily Norcross Dickinson

    6. William Austin Dickinson

    7. Lavinia Norcross Dickinson

    "War between the Houses"

    8. Early Hostilities

    9. Mabel Loomis Todd and Austin

    10. Austin's Marriage

    11. Susan and Emily

    12. Publication of The Poems: Mabel And Austin

    13. Last Phase of The Quarrel and A Late View Of Susan

    14. The Dickinson Rhetoric and The Structure of A Life

    Appendixes for Volume One

    I. Vinnie as Stylist, Mimic, Reader, and Poet

    II. "War between the Houses": Documents

    References for Volume One

    Volume Two

    15. Childhood

    16. Schooling

    17. Early Friendships I

    18. Early Friendships II

    19. Brother and Sister

    20. Charles Wadsworth

    21. Samuel Bowles

    22. The Master Letters

    23. Thomas Wentworth Higginson

    24. Helen Hunt Jackson

    25. Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland

    26. The Norcross Cousins

    27. Otis Phillips Lord

    28. Books and Reading

    29. The Poet

    Appendixes for Volume Two

    III. Charles Wadsworth as Husband, Father, and Poet

    IV. Popular Poetry: Selections from the Springfield Republican, 1858-62

    V. A Note on the Missing Correspondences

    References for Volume Two

    Bibliography

    Index of First Lines

    Index

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Richard B. Sewall was Professor of English at Yale University.