美国文学选读--Lecture7.ppt

Emily DickinsonIf I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me,I know that is poetry.-Emily DickinsonEmily DickinsonShe was born in 1830 into a Calvinist family of Amherst,Massachusetts.She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley.After 1852 she became a total recluse,not leaving her house nor seeing even close friends.She lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world,but actively maintained many correspondences and read widely.She spent her whole life in the small town of Amherst,never married.She wrote poems but never intended to publish them.She wrote 1775 poems,but only seven of them were published in the newspapers in her life time.Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinsons writing,it was not until after her death in 1886when Emilys younger sister discovered her poemsthat the breadth of Dickinsons work became apparent.Many of the poems were finally published in the 1890s,and Dickinson was rediscovered by the literary world in the 1920s.WorksBecause I Could Not Stop for DeathI Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I DiedMy Life Closed Twice before its CloseWild NightsWild NightsI Like to See It Lap the MilesMajor ThemesA.She writes about love and a lover,whom she either never found or else gave up.B.She writes about nature.C.She writes about death and immortality.D.She writes about success,which she thought she never achieved,and she writes about failure,which she considered her constant companion.Wild NightsWild Nights!Were I with theeWild Nights should beOur Luxury!Futilethe WindsTo a Heart in portDone with the CompassDone with the Chart!Rowing in EdenAh,the Sea!Might I but moorTonightIn Thee!Writing StyleA.poems without titlesB.directness;short poemsC.unique use of capital lettersD.frequent use of dashesE.imageF.personificationmake some of abstract ideas vivid G.“regional”vs.“national”Im nobody!Who are you?Im nobody!Who are you?Are you nobody,too?Then theres a pair of us dont tell!Theyd banish us,you know.How dreary to be somebody!How public like a frogTo tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!