A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Jo
Autor Christopher Benfeyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2009 – vârsta de la 18 ani
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The country's most noted writers, poets, and artists converge at a singular moment in American life
At the close of the Civil War, the lives of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade intersected in an intricate map of friendship, family, and romance that marked a milestone in the development of American art and literature. Using the image of a flitting hummingbird as a metaphor for the gossamer strands that connect these larger-than-life personalities, Christopher Benfey re-creates the summer of 1882, the summer when Mabel Louise Todd-the protégé to the painter Heade-confesses her love for Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, and the players suddenly find themselves caught in the crossfire between the Calvinist world of decorum, restraint, and judgment and a new, unconventional world in which nature prevails and freedom is all.
At the close of the Civil War, the lives of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade intersected in an intricate map of friendship, family, and romance that marked a milestone in the development of American art and literature. Using the image of a flitting hummingbird as a metaphor for the gossamer strands that connect these larger-than-life personalities, Christopher Benfey re-creates the summer of 1882, the summer when Mabel Louise Todd-the protégé to the painter Heade-confesses her love for Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, and the players suddenly find themselves caught in the crossfire between the Calvinist world of decorum, restraint, and judgment and a new, unconventional world in which nature prevails and freedom is all.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143115083
ISBN-10: 0143115081
Pagini: 287
Ilustrații: b/w illustrations and photos throughout
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0143115081
Pagini: 287
Ilustrații: b/w illustrations and photos throughout
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Recenzii
"A highly engaging and deftly written sequence of intertwined vignettes. . . . [A Summer of Hummingbirds] reads like a dream sequence, and should not be missed."
-Michael Kammen, The Boston Globe
-Michael Kammen, The Boston Globe
Descriere
A renowned critic pens this surprising and scandalous story of how the interaction within the lives of some of the nation's most noted writers, poets, and artists shaped and changed American thought.
Notă biografică
Christopher Benfeyis the Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College and the author of the award-winning bookA Summer of Hummingbirds. He is a frequent contributor to theNew York Times Book Review, theNew Republic, and theNew York Review of Books. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Premii
- Ambassador Book Awards Winner, 2009