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Author:

Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954-

Title:

A summer of hummingbirds : love, art, and scandal in the intersecting worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade / Christopher Benfey.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xv, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Dickinson, Emily,--1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896--Criticism and interpretation.
Heade, Martin Johnson,--1819-1904--Criticism and interpretation.
Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
Literature and history--United States--History--19th century.
Florida--In art.
United States--History--1865-1898.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-277) and index.

Contents:

A tea rose -- The prodigal -- Beecher's pockets -- Tristes tropiques -- At the Hotel Byron -- The prisoner of Chillon -- Birds of passage -- Covert flowers, hidden nests -- Transits of Venus -- Foggy bottom -- A route of evanescence -- Florida.

Summary:

Documents the interactions of many of the nation's most celebrated writers and artists during the Reconstruction Era, told through a metaphorical journey of a hummingbird that illuminates period beliefs about such topics as religion, sexuality, and family.

ISBN:

1594201609
9781594201608

LCCN:

2007036512

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)