emily-dickinson
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From Alvin Feinman’s: Corrupted Into Song (1990)
Alvin Feinman may very well be one of the most underrated, yet powerful, modern poets I have had the pleasure of reading. I found Feinman—not wholly unsurprisingly—through Prof. Harold Bloom, whose The Western Canon, Anxiety of Influence, How to Read Poetry, among many other works, I have read and still reread incessantly. Few critics (and… Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson is a cornerstone of Western Literature
I intend this short, introductory essay to be a companion to my “Dissecting Dickinson” series in which I analyse (or, as it was, dissect) Dickinson’s poems. Each is linked here:From Blank to Blank —My Wheel Is in the Dark!The Guest Is Gold and Crimson Within Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon there are approximately 800 authors,… Continue reading
The Western Canon 