EN 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Emily Dickinson, Heteronormativity
29 Apr 2018
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April 4, 2018
Reading Due:
Male Criticis o Ladies’ Books by Fanny Fern
• Fanny Fern (Sarah Willis)
o One of the first to make a name for herself in satire
o Successful female journalist
o Educated
▪ Egalitan (???) family
o Family – sent her to a school
▪ Abolitionist
▪ Equal rights for voting
▪ Educated boys and girls the same
o Married a very supportive man
o Did’t rite for oey
o Husband dies
▪ Devastated by loss
▪ Left her and 3 daughters in poverty
• Male Criticis of Ladies’ Books
o Would anyone even read ladies’ ooks if it did’t hae aythig to do ith
courtship and marriage?
o Personal and nonpersonal attacks on critics.
o Spleen was an organ of anger or irritability
April 9, 2018
Reading Due:
Poetry by Emily Dickinson
• Emily Dickinson
o Most original poet of her time
o Groundbreaking
o Messes with rhyme scheme of original poetry
o Took a aseall at to Phillis Wheatley’s struture
o Formidable educational background
o Struggled with the world
o Had to deal with a lot of deaths
o Fell in love with smart married men
o Depression and loneliness
o Folloer of Jesus ut as’t super ito religio
April 11, 2018
Reading Due:
Ai’t I a Woa? by Sojourner Truth
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