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Author:

Wardrop, Daneen, 1952-

Title:

Emily Dickinson and the labor of clothing / Daneen Wardrop.

Publisher:

University Press of New England,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xii, 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Dickinson, Emily,--1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson, Emily,--1830-1886--Clothing.--Clothing.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Class consciousness in literature.
Clothing trade--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Series from jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : "time would fail me to enumerate my appearance" -- Dickinson's fashion : "Won't you tell 'the public' that at present I wear a brown dress" -- Dress the maker : "I finish Mama's sacque, all but the overcastting" -- "Kelley Square" and "The crossing" : "but the whistle calls me--" -- The body's body : tippet, basque, gaiters, pantalettes : "I asked him how you looked, and what you wore" -- The bonnet of Dickinson's family : "Mother wants me to say that if you like Aunt L's bonnet" -- Lace theory : "as laces just reveal the surge--" -- Conclusion : "pierce me with a fashion".

Series:

[Becoming modern. Reading dress series]

ISBN:

1584657804 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781584657804 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318876269

LCCN:

2009026515

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)