{"product_id":"a-loaded-gun-emily-dickinson-for-the-21st-century","title":"A Loaded Gun Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome Charyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e A Loaded Gun Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA passionate and deeply researched reassessment of Emily Dickinson's life and singular legacy in American arts and letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe think we know Emily Dickinson: the Belle of Amherst, virginal, reclusive, and possibly mad. But in \u003ci\u003eA Loaded Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, Jerome Charyn introduces us to a different Emily Dickinson: the fierce, brilliant, and sexually charged poet who wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--\u003cbr\u003e ...\u003cbr\u003e Though I than He-- may longer live\u003cbr\u003e He longer must--than I--\u003cbr\u003e For I have but the power to kill,\u003cbr\u003e Without--the power to die--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough interviews with contemporary scholars, close readings of Dickinson's correspondence and handwritten manuscripts, and a suggestive, newly discovered photograph that is purported to show Dickinson with her lover, Charyn's literary sleuthing reveals the great poet in ways that have only been hinted at previously: as a woman who was deeply philosophical, intensely engaged with the world, attracted to members of both sexes, and able to write poetry that disturbs and delights us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137987\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.2 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 0.65477291814 Pounds, Width: 0.7 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jerome Charyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794832679219,"sku":"9781934137987","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/17447833482876.jpg?v=1785905775","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/a-loaded-gun-emily-dickinson-for-the-21st-century","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}