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Originally Posted by mobertol
Have had a book about her on my bedside table for about 3 months -can't get on with it.
It's a novel by Paula Kaufmann called "The Sister" and tells her life-story through the eyes of her sister Lavinia.
There's quite a lot of her poetry in it and many references to private letters etc. - i usually enjoy this kind of book but got stuck, I think, because I can't seem to identify with any of the characters or the place (plus I'm struggling as I really need to change my glasses!  )
Some of the poetry is quite difficult to understand -the following is a quote from the book which I like though:
For parting, that is night,
And presence, simply dawn-
Itself, the purple on the height
Denominated morn.
Will give it another try perhaps! |
With Dickinson, her poetry is her life. One doesn't need a second-hand opinion.
"I'm nobody. Who are you?
Are you, nobody, too?
Then, there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! They'd advertise you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong June,
To an admiring bog!
"
To keep on topic, there are some fascinating problems surrounding the editing of her work.
