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Author:

Murray, Aife.

Title:

Maid as muse : how servants changed Emily Dickinson's life and language / Aífe Murray.

Publisher:

University Press of New England,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 299 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dickinson, Emily,--1830-1886.
Poets, American--19th century--Biography.
Household employees--United States--History--19th century.
Women household employees--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-290) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Walking backward to something you know is there -- Warm and wild and mighty -- The 1850 housework compromise -- Turning with a ferocity to a place she loved -- Of pictures, the discloser -- Emily Dickinson's Irish wake -- She kept them in my trunk -- There are things / We live among -- Afterword: The broadest words are so narrow.

Series:

Revisiting New England : the new regionalism

ISBN:

1584656743 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781584656746 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276339409

LCCN:

2009036029

Locations:

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

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)