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The Passion of Emily Dickinson
Book • 1992
Published by Harvard University Press in 1992, *The Passion of Emily Dickinson* is a full‑length critical biography that reinterprets Emily Dickinson’s life and work through the lens of passion and desire.
Drawing on letters, manuscripts, and close readings of the poems, Judith Farr examines Dickinson’s relationships, emotional attachments, and erotic imagination to challenge the long‑standing image of the poet as withdrawn, sexless, or merely reclusive.
Farr situates Dickinson within her nineteenth‑century cultural and social context while foregrounding the intensity of feeling that animates the poems, offering a portrait of Dickinson as a writer whose art is deeply rooted in powerful, often conflicted, personal passions.
Drawing on letters, manuscripts, and close readings of the poems, Judith Farr examines Dickinson’s relationships, emotional attachments, and erotic imagination to challenge the long‑standing image of the poet as withdrawn, sexless, or merely reclusive.
Farr situates Dickinson within her nineteenth‑century cultural and social context while foregrounding the intensity of feeling that animates the poems, offering a portrait of Dickinson as a writer whose art is deeply rooted in powerful, often conflicted, personal passions.
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