A history of nineteenth-century fashion through the works of Emily Dickinson

The public is familiar with the Emily Dickinson stereotype--an eccentric spinster in a white dress flitting about her father's house, hiding from visitors. But

A startlingly original work establishing the impact of domestic servants on the life and writings of Emily Dickinson

"Includes new historical research that provides the most thorough nineteenth-century contextualization of Dickinson in relation to religion, race, gender, sexua

An exciting new reference work that illuminates the beliefs, customs, events, material culture, and institutions that made up Emily Dickinson's world, giving us