The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn

The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn

Jerome Charyn, "one of the most important writers in American literature" (Michael Chabon), continues his exploration of American history through fiction with The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, hailed by prize-winning literary historian Brenda Wineapple as a "breathtaking high-wire act of ventriloquism." Channeling the devilish rhythms and ghosts of a seemingly buried literary past, Charyn removes the mysterious veils that have long enshrouded Dickinson, revealing her passions, inner turmoil, and powerful sexuality. The novel, daringly written in first person, begins in the snow. It's 1848, and Emily is a student at Mount Holyoke, with its mournful headmistress and strict, strict rules. Inspired by her letters and poetry, Charyn goes on to capture the occasionally comic, always fevered, ultimately tragic story of her life-from defiant Holyoke seminarian to dying recluse.

"There's nothing quite like a Charyn novel…His sentences make a mournful and sensational clatter, like a bundle of butcher knives dropped on a cathedral floor." -- Jonathan Yardley - Washington Post

“One of the most important writers in American literature” (Michael Chabon), Jerome Charyn is the award-winning author of more than fifty works, including The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson. A renowned scholar of twentieth-century Hollywood, he lives in Manhattan.

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ISBN 13	9780393339178
ISBN 10	0393339173
Title	The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
Author	Jerome Charyn
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2011-03-01
Number of pages	352
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