First Book Haul in My New City!

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11 ай бұрын

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@larrymilliken288 11 ай бұрын

Hi Valerie! It’s exciting to see you plunge into your graduate project. I will be keen to hear your comments on the books discussed in the video after you've read them. Comparing Dickinson and Whitman, poets of the mid-nineteenth century would cause one to say they were total opposites, whose length and style of verse differed; however, many of their poems had similar subjects. It’s exciting to follow you to grad school and wait for the next update!

@TheEclecticLibrary 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love hunting for used books too! The deals always get to me 😂 Good luck with your grant application!

@ThornfieldBooks 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And me too! The thrill of the hunt is amazing lol

@karenwetherald6086 11 ай бұрын

How exciting to get your work underway.... Good Luck with your grant proposal, I can't imagine how much work that will be

@ThornfieldBooks 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm excited about my topic!

@Faye_L 11 ай бұрын

I firmly believe that "I Am Nobody" was a direct response to "Song of Myself," but my American lit professor got kind of mad at me when I suggested it. But seriously. Dickinson mentioned Whitman in a negative way around the time she wrote that poem, and she'd had access to "Song of Myself" even though she didn't say specifically that she'd read it. She was totally snarking off at his self-absorption by proudly proclaiming her lack of it. I will die on this hill! 😂

@ThornfieldBooks 11 ай бұрын

Omg! I must read both back to back and dissect. I'll keep you posted, maybe we will die on the hill together! 😂

@Faye_L 11 ай бұрын

@@ThornfieldBooks Yes, do! Please prove I'm not crazy. 😂

@larrymilliken288 11 ай бұрын

A long time ago I did a search for Emily Dickinson on KZfaq. One of the suggestions was a video by you and I've been following ever since! I can't seem to find that particular video so maybe you took it down; anyway, I'm so happy you like Emily Dickinson. When I first read her poetry it stymied me but now it speaks to my soul!

@ThornfieldBooks 11 ай бұрын

The video still exists! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bq12qMSE0tuwhJc.htmlsi=q08bq494Ros39Td0

@larrymilliken288 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Valerie! It was a joy to re-watch you talk about Emily Dickinson. You mentioned projecting the author onto the speaker; I wonder how many times she is the speaker? The complexity of her imagery almost struggles to express what defies definition as in ‘I felt a cleaving in my mind’, or I felt a funeral in my brain’. You’re correct about her poetry being something unique to each reader, depending on what they bring to it; every life is caught up with something indefinable and her poems help to give it clarity. I hope you do more of ED in the future.@@ThornfieldBooks