Gordon, Lyndall.
Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds / Lyndall Gordon. - New York : Penguin Books, 2011, c2010. - xvii, 491 p. : ill., geneal. table, map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-470) and indexes.
Library Journal Starred, July 2010 Booklist starred, June 2010 Pub Weekly, April 2010 New York Times, August 2010 Library Journal Starred Booklist starred Pub Weekly
Examines the life of Emily Dickinson, discussing possible reasons for her isolation, such as an epileptic condition, and a personal and professional feud with the Todd family that began when her married brother, Ned, began an affair with Mabel Todd and persisted after Emily's death.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780143119142 (pbk.) 0143119141
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 --Family.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 --Family.
Poets, American--Family relationships.--19th century
American poets.
Amherst (Mass.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
Amherst (Mass.)--Intellectual life.
PS1541.Z5 / G66 2011
811/.4
Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds / Lyndall Gordon. - New York : Penguin Books, 2011, c2010. - xvii, 491 p. : ill., geneal. table, map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-470) and indexes.
Library Journal Starred, July 2010 Booklist starred, June 2010 Pub Weekly, April 2010 New York Times, August 2010 Library Journal Starred Booklist starred Pub Weekly
Examines the life of Emily Dickinson, discussing possible reasons for her isolation, such as an epileptic condition, and a personal and professional feud with the Todd family that began when her married brother, Ned, began an affair with Mabel Todd and persisted after Emily's death.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780143119142 (pbk.) 0143119141
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 --Family.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 --Family.
Poets, American--Family relationships.--19th century
American poets.
Amherst (Mass.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
Amherst (Mass.)--Intellectual life.
PS1541.Z5 / G66 2011
811/.4