"Death and Dying in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson" by Claudia Durst Johnson explores the profound themes of mortality that permeate Emily Dickinson's poetry. The book delves into how Dickinson grapples with concepts of death, the afterlife, and the human experience of grief and loss. Through a careful examination of her work, Johnson highlights Dickinson's unique perspective on death, showcasing her nuanced understanding of life’s fragility. The analysis sheds light on the intimate relationship between the poet's personal experiences and her artistic expression, ultimately revealing how Dickinson's reflections on death resonate with readers across time. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called Social Issues in Literature .

This book is aimed at children at US 10th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 15-17 years.

There are 176 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2012 by Cengage Gale .

CLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON is Professor of English at the University of Alabama, where she chaired the English Department for 12 years. She is the author of the forthcoming volumes in the Greenwood Press Literature in Context series, Understanding the Scarlet Letter and Understanding Huckleberry Finn . She is also author of To Kill a Mockingbird: Threatening Boundaries (1994), American Actress. Perspective on the Nineteenth Century (1984), (with Vernon E. Johnson) Memoirs of the Nineteenth-Century Theatre (Greenwood, 1982), The Productive Tension of Hawthorne's Art (1981), and (with Henry Jacobs) An Annotated Bibliography of Shakespearean Burlesques, Parodies, and Travesties (1976), as well as numerous articles on American literature.