{"title":"The Ecstasy of Mere Living: \"Time's Possibility\" in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson","authors":"Alexander Creighton","doi":"10.1353/EDJ.2018.0009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Time in Emily Dickinson's poetry is a many-sided concept that must be understood, not just in terms of the images and metaphors Dickinson uses to represent it, but also in terms of the poetic effects that it makes possible: variations in syntax, progressions of imagery and metaphor, plays with the expectation and resolution of sound and meter. Thinking about time in this way complicates its usual depiction in criticism as a trap to be escaped or a lesser state to be surpassed by immortality. \"Time's possibility\" lies in the fact that, in the lexicon of human experience, it is the field that makes experience and growth possible, granting relief and renewal even when, at times, it feels entrapping.","PeriodicalId":41721,"journal":{"name":"Emily Dickinson Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/EDJ.2018.0009","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Emily Dickinson Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/EDJ.2018.0009","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"N/A","JCRName":"LITERATURE, AMERICAN","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Time in Emily Dickinson's poetry is a many-sided concept that must be understood, not just in terms of the images and metaphors Dickinson uses to represent it, but also in terms of the poetic effects that it makes possible: variations in syntax, progressions of imagery and metaphor, plays with the expectation and resolution of sound and meter. Thinking about time in this way complicates its usual depiction in criticism as a trap to be escaped or a lesser state to be surpassed by immortality. "Time's possibility" lies in the fact that, in the lexicon of human experience, it is the field that makes experience and growth possible, granting relief and renewal even when, at times, it feels entrapping.
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The Emily Dickinson Journal (EDJ) showcases the poet at the center of current critical practices and perspectives. EDJ features writing by talented young scholars as well as work by those established in the field. Contributors explore the many ways in which Dickinson illuminates and challenges. No other journal provides this quality or quantity of scholarship on Dickinson. The Emily Dickinson Journal is sponsored by the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS).
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