Introduction＆WENDY MARTIN

BIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION HISTORY

1 The Emily Dickinson wars＆BETSY ERKKILA

2 Emily Dickinson and the American South＆CHRISTOPHER BENFEY

3 Susan and Emily Dickinson： their lives，in letters＆MARTHA NELL SMITH

POETIC STRATEGIES AND THEMES

4 Emily Dickinson and poetic strategy＆WENDY BARKER

5 Emily Dickinson’s existential dramas＆FRED D．WHITE

6 Performances of gender in Dickinson’s poetry＆SUZANNE JUHASZ AND CRISTANNE MILLER

7 Emily Dickinson： being in the body＆SHIRA WOLOSKY

8 Emily Dickinson and the Gothic in Fascicle 16＆DANEEN WARDROP

CULTURAL CONTEXTS

9 Emily Dickinson and popular culture＆DAVID S．REYNOLDS

10 Emily Dickinson and class＆DOMHNALL MITCHELL

11 Emily Dickinson and her American women poet peers＆PAULA BERNAT BENNETT

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