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1、E Emily Dickinsonmily Dickinson“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire ever can warm me,I know that is poetry.If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off,I know that is poetry.”-Emily Dickinson第1页/共19页个个Brief IntroductionBrief IntroductionDecember 10,1830-May 15

2、,1886 -Born in Amherst,MassachusettsPublished less than 10 poems before her death.-Living an unknown life.-After 70 years of her death,she began to receive serious attention of the literary.-Being considered a pioneer in modern poet posthumously.Along with Whitman,being regarded as one of the greate

3、st American poets.第2页/共19页E Emily Dickinsonmily Dickinson Life WorksPoems ThemesWriting Features第3页/共19页EarlyEarly Life LifeFamily background:-The Dickinson family was prominent in Amherst.Educational background:-Received a good education and attended the Amherst Academy as well as South Hadley Fema

4、le Seminary.第4页/共19页Middle Middle LifeLifeIn Emilys entire life,she took one trip to Philadelphia(due to eye problems),one to Washington,and a few trips to Boston.During her journeys,Emily met three very influential men that would be sources of inspiration and guidance:Charles Wadsworth,Thomas Higgi

5、nson and Benjamin Newton.第5页/共19页Middle Middle LifeLifeThree important manBenjamin Newton,a young lawyer,who improved her literary and cultural tastes.She refers to him“a friend,who taught me immortality”.He directed her to intellectual independence and ultimately to poetry.(Emily was 18)Charles Wad

6、sworth,a marriedmarried,minister who provided her with intellectual challenge and contact with the outside world.Dickinson felt an affection for him that he could not return.(Emily was 24)Thomas Higginson,a poetry critic for The Atlantic Monthly,who later helped gathering her poems for publications.

7、(Emily was 33)第6页/共19页Later life/A Withdrawn Later life/A Withdrawn LifeLifeShe always wore white.Known for being a recluse,she didnt leave her familys homestead for any reason after the late 1860s.The only contact she had with family was in whimsical,epigrammatic letters.Dickinson seldom left her h

8、ouse and visitors were scarce.Being felt painful from unrequited love,she remained isolated and single.After her fathers death第7页/共19页Some picturesSome picturesDickinsons Dress第8页/共19页Some picturesSome picturesHer familys homestead 第9页/共19页Dickinson wrote and sent this poem(A Route to Evanescence)to

9、 Thomas Higginson in 1880.第10页/共19页Major WorksMajor Works(1)These are the Days When Birds Come Back 这是鸟儿们归来的日子(2)Because I Couldnt Stop for Death 因为我不能等待死亡(3)The Magic Book 神奇的书(4)We Have Been in Love 我们一直在爱(5)Wild Nights Wild Nights 风暴之夜激情之夜(6)IM Nobody!Who are you?我是无名之辈!你是谁?第11页/共19页To Publish or

10、 Not to PublishTo Publish or Not to PublishHigginson advised Dickinson not to get her poetry published because of her violation of contemporary literary convention.Helen Jackson tried to convince her to get her work published but her requests were unsuccessful.She never approved of publishing her po

11、ems and requested her sister Lavinia to destroy all of her pomes after her death.Before her death,only seven poems were published.But after her death,her sister found that she left a large number of poems,altogether,it was about 1800 poems.After Dickinsons death,her sister,Lavina,had Emilys poetry p

12、ublished and then burnt the original copies,because that was her sisters wish.第12页/共19页Poems ThemesPoems Themes based on her own experiences:joys,sorrows and imagination.(1)religion doubt and belief about religious subjects(2)death and immortality(3)love suffering and frustration caused by love(4)ph

13、ysical aspect of desire(5)nature benevolent(kind)and cruel(6)free will and human responsibility第13页/共19页Dickinsons religious poemsIs Heaven a Physician？（天堂是个医生吗？）They say that He can heal（他们说他能治病；）But Medicine Posthumous（但死后的医药）Is unavailable（是无用的。）Is Heaven an Exchequer？（天堂是个国库吗？）They speak of what

14、 we owe（他们说起我们欠的债；）But that negotiation（可那谈判）Im not a Party to.（我没有参加。）“Heaven”is what I cannot reach！（天堂是我无法企及的地方！）The Apple on the Tree（树上的苹果）Provided it do hopelesshang（若只是无助地挂着）That“Heaven”isto Me！（那对于我就是天堂！）The Color，on the Cruising Cloud（颜色，在漂浮的云彩上）The interdicted Land（禁地）Behind the Hillthe Ho

15、use behind（在山那边屋后）ThereParadiseis found！（在那里天堂被发现！）第14页/共19页Her death and immortality poems -Because I could Because I could not stop for Death not stop for Death Emily DickinsonEmily DickinsonBecause I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immort

16、ality.We slowly drove-He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility-We passed the School,where Children stroveAt Recess-in the Ring-We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain-We passed the Setting Sun-Or rather-He passed us-The Dews drew quivering and chill-For only Gossam

17、er,my Gown-My Tippet-only Tulle-We paused before a House that seemedA Swelling of the Ground-The Roof was scarcely visible-The Cornice-in the Ground-Since then-tis Centuries-and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses Heads Were toward Eternity-第15页/共19页The artistic features of Dick

18、insons writingHer poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern,in which dashes(破折号)are used as a musical device to create cadence(韵律)and capital letters as a means of emphas

19、is.Most of her poems borrow the repeated four-line,rhymed stanzas of traditional Christian hymns（圣歌）,with two lines of four-beat meter alternating with two lines of three-beat meter.A master of imagery that makes the spiritual materialize in surprising ways.第16页/共19页Simple form:She used imperfect rh

20、ymes,subtle breaks of rhythm,and idiosyncratic（特殊癖好的）syntax and punctuation to create fascinating word puzzles,which have produced greatly divergent interpretations over the years.Dickinsons irregular or sometimes inverted sentence structure confuses readers.brevity,directness and plainness.Her poems are usually short,rarely more than twenty lines,and many of them are centered on a single image or symbol and focused on one subject matter.variety,subtlety and richness.第17页/共19页第18页/共19页感谢您的欣赏！第19页/共19页