附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and indexes.
Prophecy, poetry, and Dickinson's American contexts -- "A word that breathes distinctly" -- "Captivating sermons" and Dickinson's rhetoric of prophecy -- Speaking for "Infinitude": Dickinson and poetic inspiration -- Constructions of genre and self -- Scriptural rhetoric and poetry -- Female prophecy in New England -- "And I sneered -- softly -- 'small'!": renunciation and power -- "Tis so appalling -- it exhilarates": Dickinson's wisdom of wonder -- Appendix: A sample of Dickinson's poems showing the sermonic structure and variations -- Index to Dickinson's poems.
摘要:How do women, historically excluded from the role of preacher because of their gender, gain authority to assume a prophetic voice? What rhetorical strategies can empower the woman who would claim the role of prophet? In this book, Beth Maclay Doriani looks at the ways Emily Dickinson addressed these questions in the context of patriarchal nineteenth-century New England. She explores some of the central strategies Dickinson used to claim both poetic and religious authority and to join the ranks of the self-proclaimed prophets of her day - literary figures like Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, as well as a host of preachers and other popular orators.
