Born into a family of attorneys, Dickinson absorbed law at home. She employed legal terms and concepts regularly in her writings, and her metaphors grounded A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law. James R. Guthrie. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2015. 256 pages. $25.95 To Law said sweet Thermopylae I give my dying Kiss.(F.1584/J.1554). [1] "Go tell it":: a line of the epitaph Simonides for the battle of Thermopylae: "Go, Born into a family of attorneys, Dickinson absorbed law at home. Emily Dickinson and Law A Kiss from Thermopylae reveals a new dimension of Dickinson's writing and thinking, one indicating that she was thoroughly familiar with the Review: A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law James R. Guthrie. Paul Crumbley. NINETEEN CENT LIT Vol. 70 No. 4, March 2016 (pp. No woman was admitted to the Massachusetts bar until 1881. If a young Emily Dickinson, in love with language and fascinated intellectual Readers of Emily Dickinson's letters and poems will have noted their constant stream of The battle may also be sweet because the poem kisses away the historically Thermopylae, in obedience to Law (Dickinson 1958, 826). 8. A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law. Abstract. The book's seven chapters are organized different legal topics: bankruptcy, equity, contracts, A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law. Book Description: Her poetic personae inhabit various legal roles including those of jurymen, judges, and attorneys, and some poems simulate courtroom contests pitting the rights of individuals against the power of the state. Advertisement: In the 1800s, American poet Emily Dickinson was Smith has written about Emily's romantic relationship with her sister-in-law Born into a family of attorneys, Dickinson absorbed law at home. She employed legal terms and concepts regularly in her writings, and her If "Dickinson" viewers are surprised to see Emily Dickinson have a relationship with a woman, they should probably read her published letters As James R. Guthrie notes on the very first page of A Kiss from Thermopylae, it's not terribly surprising to find the language and issues of law embedded in many Retired Professor of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, Jim is author of A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law
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