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Abbi Heafner

20 November 2020

Paul Pittman

ENG 231- 401

Annotated Bibliography

“Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).” American Literature, edited by William E. Cain, Alice

McDermott, Lance Newman, and Hilary E. Wyss, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., Pearson, 2014, pp. 1186-

87.

Cain gives biographical information on Dickinson while also telling the story of how her poetry

was released posthumously against her wishes.

Emily Dickinson. 13 Oct. 2020, www.biography.com/writer/emily-dickinson.

The author gives biographical information on Dickinson, and explains how it influenced her style

of writing.

“Emily Dickinson.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Dickinson.

The author gives brief biographical information while discussing the influence Ralph Waldo

Emerson had on Dickinson.

“Emily Dickinson.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation,

www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson.
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The author gives biographical information on Dickinson while also discussing Dickinson’s

elliptical language used in her poetry.

“Lyndall Gordon on Emily Dickinson.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 13 Feb. 2010,

www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/13/emily-dickinson-lyndall-gordon.

Gordon discusses how Dickinson presents a continuous theme of sickness. Gordon believes this

may have something to do with Dickinson possibly battling a illness.

“Major Characteristics of Dickinson's Poetry.” Emily Dickinson Museum,

www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/emily-dickinson/poetry/tips-for-reading/major-

characteristics-of-dickinsons-poetry/.

The author discusses Dickinson’s many themes that she presented and how all her poems do not

contain titles.