1. The manuscript variants: semiotic theories in conflict; 2. Dwelling in the sign: associationist accounts of perception; 3. Lightning in the mind: Dickinson's sympathetic poetics; 4. 'Elate philosopher': thinking in the body; 5. The 'relict of a friend' and associative inscription.
Dickinson formulates her poetics in the context of popular manuscript practices, rhetoric, philosophy, and science in the American nineteenth century.
Melanie Hubbard is an independent scholar and poet. Her scholarly essays have appeared in the Emily Dickinson Journal. Her poetry collections include Gilbi Winco Swags (2008) and We Have with Us Your Sky (2012). Her poems have appeared in the Best American Experimental Poetry series.
'This slim volume is packed with energy and ideas … offers many clear and concise explanations to assist newcomers. This volume belongs on the shelf of any serious reader of Dickinson.' J. W. Miller, Choice
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