Helen Dickinson's Books

Dickinson

Selected Poems and Commentaries

By: Emily Dickinson,Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dickinson

Selected Poems and Commentaries

By: Emily Dickinson,Helen Vendler

Seamus Heaney, Denis Donoghue, William Pritchard, Marilyn Butler, Harold Bloom, and many others have praised Helen Vendler as one of the most attentive readers of poetry. Here, Vendler turns her illuminating skills as a critic to 150 selected poems of Emily Dickinson. As she did in The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, she serves as an incomparable guide, considering both stylistic and imaginative features of the poems. In selecting these poems for commentary Vendler chooses to exhibit many aspects of Dickinson’s work as a poet, “from her first-person poems to the poems of grand abstraction, from her ecstatic verses to her unparalleled depictions of emotional numbness, from her comic anecdotes to her painful poems of aftermath.” Included here are many expected favorites as well as more complex and less often anthologized poems. Taken together, Vendler’s selection reveals Emily Dickinson’s development as a poet, her astonishing range, and her revelation of what Wordsworth called “the history and science of feeling.” In accompanying commentaries Vendler offers a deeper acquaintance with Dickinson the writer, “the inventive conceiver and linguistic shaper of her perennial themes.” All of Dickinson’s preoccupations—death, religion, love, the natural world, the nature of thought—are explored here in detail, but Vendler always takes care to emphasize the poet’s startling imagination and the ingenuity of her linguistic invention. Whether exploring less familiar poems or favorites we thought we knew, Vendler reveals Dickinson as “a master” of a revolutionary verse-language of immediacy and power. Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries will be an indispensable reference work for students of Dickinson and readers of lyric poetry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674048679

ISBN 13

9780674048676

Voyages of the Self : Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

By: Barbara Novak Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of Art History Barnard College and Columbia University

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Voyages of the Self : Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

By: Barbara Novak Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of Art History Barnard College and Columbia University

Barbara Novak is one of America's premier art historians, the author of the seminal books American Painting of the Nineteenth Century and Nature and Culture, the latter of which was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Now, with Voyages of the Self, this esteemed critic completes the trilogy begun with the two earlier works, offering once again an exhilarating exploration of American art and culture. In this book, Novak explores several inspired pairings of key writers and painters, drawing insightful parallels between such masters as John Singleton Copley and Jonathan Edwards, Winslow Homer and William James, Frederic Edwin Church and Walt Whitman, and Jackson Pollock and Charles Olson. Through these and other groupings, Novak tracks the varied meanings of the self in America, in which the most salient characteristics of each artist or writer is shown to draw from--and in turn influence--the larger map of American life. Two major threads weaving through the book are the American preoccupation with the "object" and our continuing return to pragmatism. Novak notes for instance how Copley's art mirrors the puritan denial of self found in Jonathan Edwards and how as colonial scientists they share an interest in sensation and observation. She sees Winslow Homer and William James as practitioners of a pragmatic self grounded in an immediate experience that looks for concrete results. Through such fruitful comparisons--whether between Copley and Edwards, or Lane and Emerson, or Ryder and Dickinson--Novak sheds unmatched light on our nation's artistic heritage. Wonderfully illustrated with dozens of black-and-white pictures and sixteen full-color plates, here is a stunning work that yields a wealth of insight into American art and culture--and concludes Novak's landmark trilogy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195345657

ISBN 13

9780195345650

Poets Thinking

By: Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poets Thinking

By: Helen Vendler

Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre, more expressive than logical, more meditative than given to coherent argument. And yet, in each of the four very different poets she considers here, Helen Vendler reveals a style of thinking in operation; although they may prefer different means, she argues, all poets of any value are thinkers. The four poets taken up in this volume--Alexander Pope, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats--come from three centuries and three nations, and their styles of thinking are characteristically idiosyncratic. Vendler shows us Pope performing as a satiric miniaturizer, remaking in verse the form of the essay, Whitman writing as a poet of repetitive insistence for whom thinking must be followed by rethinking, Dickinson experimenting with plot to characterize life's unfolding, and Yeats thinking in images, using montage in lieu of argument. With customary lucidity and spirit, Vendler traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Her work argues against the reduction of poetry to its (frequently well-worn) themes and demonstrates, instead, that there is always in admirable poetry a strenuous process of thinking, evident in an evolving style--however ancient the theme--that is powerful and original.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

155

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674044622

ISBN 13

9780674044623

Their Other Side

Six American Women and the Lure of Italy

By: Helen Barolini

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Their Other Side

Six American Women and the Lure of Italy

By: Helen Barolini

“Our lives are Swiss,” Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859, “So still—so cool.” But over the Alps, “Italy stands the other side.” For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment, and freedom. So it was for Helen Barolini, who, as a student in Rome after World War II, wrote her first poetry and gave birth to her own creative life, reinvigorating her mother tongue. In this book, Barolini celebrates the lives of other women whose imaginations succumbed to the lure of Italy. Here Barolini profiles six gifted women transformed by Italy’s mythic appeal. Unlike Barolini herself, they were not daughters of the great Italian diaspora. Rather, they were drawn to an idea of “Italy” and its gifts—in whose welcome a new self could be created. Or discovered. Emily Dickinson traveled to Italy only in the imaginative genius of her verse. Margaret Fuller struggled alongside her Italian lover in the political revolutions that gave birth to the Italian Republic, while the novelist and short-story writer Constance Fennimore Woolson found her home in Venice and Florence. Here, too, is the flamboyant artist Mabel Dodge Luhan, entertaining at her villa near Florence; and Marguerite Chapin of Connecticut, who married an Italian prince and in Rome founded the premier literary review of the mid-century, Botteghe Oscure. Finally, here is Iris Cutting Origo, the Anglo-American heiress who, with her Italian nobleman husband, built a Tuscan estate, where she wrote acclaimed biographies—and created a refuge from Mussolini’s fascism. Linking these lives, Barolini shows, is the transforming catalyst of change in a new land. Their Other Side is a wise, warm, and deeply felt literary journey that brilliantly captures the enduring effects of Italy as a place, a culture, and an experience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

442

Publisher

Fordham Univ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

082322631X

ISBN 13

9780823226313

A-Z of Interagency Working

By: Jon Glasby,Helen Dickinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A-Z of Interagency Working

By: Jon Glasby,Helen Dickinson

If you are looking for a succinct overview of the ideas and debates that shape the field of interagency working, then this is the book for you. Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson's A-Z of Interagency Working provides an expertly organised source of clear explanation and astute commentary on a topic that is of importance to anyone working in the health and social care field today. Capturing key policies, concepts and perspectives across the fields of adult and children's services, the book distils a complex subject into 70 pivotal ideas. Cross-references cleverly aid navigation and help the reader see how ideas connect up. This flexible source book makes sense of current policy, explains the latest terminology and engages with the evidence base for what is happening on the ground. It is also packed with excellent recommendations for further reading. This is an ideal starting-point for students needing to get to grips with current debates, and a perfect point of reference for practitioners and policy-makers engaged in collaboration and partnership day to day.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137005335

ISBN 13

9781137005335

Faith and Feminism

A Holy Alliance

By: Helen LaKelly Hunt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Faith and Feminism

A Holy Alliance

By: Helen LaKelly Hunt

Why do so many women of faith have such a strong aversion to feminism? And why do so many feminists have an ardent mistrust of religion? These questions are at the heart of Helen LaKelly Hunt's illuminating look at the alliance between spiritual conviction and social action. Intelligent and heartfelt, Faith and Feminism offers a perceptive look at the lives of five spirited and spiritual women of history, women who combined their undying faith with feminist beliefs and who made the world a better place by doing so. • St. Teresa of Ávila, a woman whose bravery in confronting her shadows gave her the strength to connect with the world and live a life of divine action. • Lucretia Mott, a Quaker minister, who rose from her quiet upbringing to become a passionate speaker and activist working tirelessly on behalf of justice and peace. • Sojourner Truth, a Christian slave, who spoke out with unwavering courage to claim her God-given rightful place as an African American and a woman. • Emily Dickinson, an extraordinary poet, who touched the world with her ability to capture and transform the experience of suffering. • Dorothy Day, a radical journalist, who lived a life of voluntary poverty as a way of expressing her passion for the Christian faith and care for those in need. A remarkable book that focuses on the idea that spirituality and feminism are really different expressions of the same impulse to make life more whole, Faith and Feminism offers a powerful catalyst for reflecting on our sense of self -- and for living and loving according to our deepest values.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

141659051X

ISBN 13

9781416590514

The Stamp Act Crisis

Prologue to Revolution

By: Edmund S. Morgan,Helen M. Morgan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Stamp Act Crisis

Prologue to Revolution

By: Edmund S. Morgan,Helen M. Morgan

Impressive! . . . The authors have given us a searching account of the crisis and provided some memorable portraits of officials in America impaled on the dilemma of having to enforce a measure which they themselves opposed.'--New York Times 'A brilliant contribution to the colonial field. Combining great industry, astute scholarship, and a vivid style, the authors have sought 'to recreate two years of American history.' They have succeeded admirably.'--William and Mary Quarterly 'Required reading for anyone interested in those eventful years preceding the American Revolution.'--Political Science Quarterly The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

UNC Press Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807899798

ISBN 13

9780807899793

Wallace Stevens

Words Chosen Out of Desire

By: Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wallace Stevens

Words Chosen Out of Desire

By: Helen Vendler

In this graceful book, Helen Vendler brings her remarkable skills to bear on a number of Stevens' short poems. She shows us that this most intellectual of poets is in fact the most personal of poets; that his words are not devoted to epistemological questions alone but are also "words chosen out of desire.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674945751

ISBN 13

9780674945753

Radical Empiricists

Five Modernist Close Readers

By: Helen Thaventhiran

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Radical Empiricists

Five Modernist Close Readers

By: Helen Thaventhiran

Radical Empiricists presents a new history of criticism in the first half of the twentieth-century, against the backdrop of the modernist crisis of meaning. Our received idea of modernist criticism is that its novelty lay in being very empirical: critics believed in looking closely at words on the page. Such close reading has since been easy to ridicule, but this book seeks to consider whether this is fair: have we, in the rush either to dismiss, or even to defend, the idea of close reading, often failed to look closely at what it involves in practice? Against this oversight, Radical Empiricists turns close reading back on itself, proposing some innovative readings of the prose of five major modernist poet-critics: I.A. Richards, T.S. Eliot, William Empson, R.P. Blackmur, and Marianne Moore. The book is divided into two parts, preceded by an introduction that explores what these five writers share: a radical self-consciousness about the key critical concept, "meaning." Part I, "How to read," considers the prose techniques of Eliot, Richards, and Empson as they push at the boundaries of verbal analysis in other disciplines: experimental psychology and anthropology, classical commentary, and textual criticism. Part II introduces Blackmur and Moore, alongside Empson, and takes a more polemical look at how their critical styles defy various modernist orthodoxies about "how not to read" (for example, that paraphrase always destroys poetic meaning). Many of these orthodoxies remain current: re-visiting their history, and attending to the rich detail of critical prose styles, can allow us to lift some old, unreflective constraints on our ways of knowing about poems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198713428

ISBN 13

9780198713425

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar

Essays on Poets and Poetry

By: Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar

Essays on Poets and Poetry

By: Helen Vendler

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week One of our foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English, Irish, and American poets. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar gathers two decades’ worth of Helen Vendler’s essays, book reviews, and occasional prose—including the 2004 Jefferson Lecture—in a single volume. “It’s one of [Vendler’s] finest books, an impressive summation of a long, distinguished career in which she revisits many of the poets she has venerated over a lifetime and written about previously. Reading it, one can feel her happiness in doing what she loves best. There is scarcely a page in the book where there isn’t a fresh insight about a poet or poetry.” —Charles Simic, New York Review of Books “Vendler has done perhaps more than any other living critic to shape—I might almost say ‘create’—our understanding of poetry in English.” —Joel Brouwer, New York Times Book Review “Poems are artifacts and [Vendler] shows us, often thrillingly, how those poems she considers the best specimens are made...A reader feels that she has thoroughly absorbed her subjects and conveys her understanding with candor, clarity, wit.” —John Greening, Times Literary Supplement

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

457

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674736567

ISBN 13

9780674736566

The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas

By: Helen Horowitz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas

By: Helen Horowitz

Best known as the second president and primary architect of Bryn Mawr College, M Carey Thomas was also a leader in the women's suffrage movement. This book captures the life and personality of this influential woman, and details her accomplishments as an educator and feminist and her relationships with women, her racism, and her anti-Semitism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

572

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252068114

ISBN 13

9780252068119

The Music of what Happens

Poems, Poets, Critics

By: Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Music of what Happens

Poems, Poets, Critics

By: Helen Vendler

This is a collection of previously published book reviews of modern poetry. The poets discussed include John Ashbery, Donald Davie, Allen Ginsberg, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Wallace Stevens.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

494

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674591526

ISBN 13

9780674591523

Dance, Modernity, and Culture

Explorations in the Sociology of Dance

By: Helen Thomas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dance, Modernity, and Culture

Explorations in the Sociology of Dance

By: Helen Thomas

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415087937

ISBN 13

9780415087933

Last Looks, Last Books

Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill

By: Helen Vendler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Last Looks, Last Books

Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill

By: Helen Vendler

Modern American poets writing in the face of death In Last Looks, Last Books, the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexistence of a declining body and an undiminished consciousness. In The Rock, Wallace Stevens writes simultaneous narratives of winter and spring; in Ariel, Sylvia Plath sustains melodrama in cool formality; and in Day by Day, Robert Lowell subtracts from plenitude. In Geography III, Elizabeth Bishop is both caught and freed, while James Merrill, in A Scattering of Salts, creates a series of self-portraits as he dies, representing himself by such things as a Christmas tree, human tissue on a laboratory slide, and the evening/morning star. The solution for one poet will not serve for another; each must invent a bridge from an old style to a new one. Casting a last look at life as they contemplate death, these modern writers enrich the resources of lyric poetry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

165

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400834325

ISBN 13

9781400834327

Book's by Helen Dickinson

Dickinson

Dickinson

Voyages of the Self : Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

Voyages of the Self : Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

Poets Thinking

Poets Thinking

Their Other Side

Their Other Side

A-Z of Interagency Working

A-Z of Interagency Working

Faith and Feminism

Faith and Feminism

The Stamp Act Crisis

The Stamp Act Crisis

Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

Radical Empiricists

Radical Empiricists

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar

The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas

The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas

The Music of what Happens

The Music of what Happens

Dance, Modernity, and Culture

Dance, Modernity, and Culture

Last Looks, Last Books

Last Looks, Last Books

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email