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Doriani, Beth Maclay, 1961-

Emily Dickinson: daughter of prophecy / Beth Maclay Doriani.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87023-999-6 (alk. paper)

1. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Religion. 2. Women and literature--New
England--History--19th century. 3. Christian poetry, American--History and
criticism. 4. Sermons, American--History and criticism. 5. Women--New
England--Religious life. 6. Prophecies in literature. 7. Authority in
literature. I. Title.

PS1541.Z5D64 1995

811' .4--dc20 95-11037

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Acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint material under copyright:

From The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cam-
bridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, copyright 1951,
1955, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reprinted by
permission of the publishers and the Trustees of Amherst College.

From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson.
Copyright 1929, 1935 by Martha Dickinson Bianchi; copyright © renewed 1957,
1963 by Mary L. Hampson. By permission of Little, Brown and Company.

From The Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cam-
bridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright
© 1958, 1986 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reprinted by
permission of the publishers.

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