A collection of critical essays reflecting both older and newer perspectives. Will also contain an introduction by the editor (a respected scholar in the field), a chronology of the author's life, and an annotated bibliography.

Introductory Essay, Judith Farr. The Wayward Nun beneath the Hill: Emily Dickinson and the Mysteries of Womanhood, Sandra M. Gilbert. Emily Dickinson's Books and Reading, Richard B. Sewall. "Sumptuous Destitution" , Richard Wilbur. Thirst and Starvation in Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Vivian R. Pollak. Emily Dickinson and the Economics of Desire, Joan Burbick. Emily Dickinson and the Calvinist Tradition, Jane Donahue Eberwein. "Tender Pioneer" : Emily Dickinson's Poems on The Life of Christ, Dorothy Huff Oberhaus. "Impertinent Constructions of Body and Self: Dickinson's Use of the Romantic Grotesque" , Cynthia Griffin Wolff. "The Landscape of the Sprit" , Suzanne Juhasz. Strangely Abstracted Images, David Porter. The Riddles of Emily Dickinson, Anthony Hecht. The Art of Peace, Barton Levi St. Armand. Dickinson's Experimental Grammar: Nouns and Verbs, Cristanne Miller. Emily Dickinson's Volcanic Punctuation, Kamilla Denman. A Musical Aesthetic, Judy Jo Small. The Poet as Cartoonist: Pictures Sewed to Words, Martha Nell Smith. Amplified Contexts: Emily Dickinson and the Fascicles, Sharon Cameron. Emily Dickinson's Visible Language, Jerome McGann. Chronology of Important Dates. Bibliography. Notes on Contributors.