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100 1 $aJuhasz, Suzanne,$d1942-
245 10 $aComic power in Emily Dickinson /$cSuzanne Juhasz,
Cristanne Miller, Martha Nell Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c1993.
300 $a173 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
[157]-164) and index.
520 $aIn this boldly revisionary work, three noted
Dickinson scholars take issue with the traditional tragic
image of the poet. Focusing on the comic elements in
Dickinson's art from a feminist point of view, they show how
Dickinson uses the comedic resources of language to contest
all types of orthodoxy and to offer the possibility of
transforming society. Following a jointly written chapter on
"Comedy and Performance in Emily Dickinson's Poetry," each
author takes up a different aspect of comedy in Dickinson's
work. Suzanne Juhasz looks at teasing as a form of humor and
criticism. Martha Nell Smith examines the cartoons
(reproduced in this book) with which Dickinson illustrated
some of her poems and letters and explores the way in which
other poems present imagery in cartoon-like sequences. And
Cristanne Miller delves into the humor of excess or
grotesquerie which Dickinson uses to unhinge the reader's
normalizing frames of reference and make space for a
different perspective. These views introduce a new Emily
Dickinson - playful, wry, witty, tough, bold, challenging,
and successful. Comic Power in Emily Dickinson recovers a
poet who questioned not only authority but also the
structure of her society. It makes an important contribution
to studies of women's humor and the relationship, between
gender and authority.
600 10 $aDickinson, Emily,$d1830-1886$xHumor.
650 0 $aHumorous poetry, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aComic, The, in literature.
700 1 $aMiller, Cristanne.
700 1 $aSmith, Martha Nell,$d1953-
907 $b18331269
