{"title":"\"Quivered Out of Decimals\": Simulating Somatime in Emily Dickinson's Entropic Text","authors":"I. Rabinowitz","doi":"10.1080/18125441.2017.1407356","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In desiring to constitute herself independently of any unitary subject, Emily Dickinson apostrophises—and simulates—the aberrant complexities of mortality. Her texts— closed systems within which grammatical and semantic conventions are atomised by ellipsis and parataxis—calibrate measures of disorder which signal irreversible changes in consciousness, perception, and experience. By bringing Emily Dickinson's intellectual and sensuous cognition of mortality into prominence as an exemplary instance of somatime in the entropic text, the article explores some of the ways in which the representation of mitotic time and pineal embodiment is adapted and transformed through the figural potentiality of poetic language.","PeriodicalId":41487,"journal":{"name":"Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa","volume":"22 1","pages":"3 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/18125441.2017.1407356","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18125441.2017.1407356","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT In desiring to constitute herself independently of any unitary subject, Emily Dickinson apostrophises—and simulates—the aberrant complexities of mortality. Her texts— closed systems within which grammatical and semantic conventions are atomised by ellipsis and parataxis—calibrate measures of disorder which signal irreversible changes in consciousness, perception, and experience. By bringing Emily Dickinson's intellectual and sensuous cognition of mortality into prominence as an exemplary instance of somatime in the entropic text, the article explores some of the ways in which the representation of mitotic time and pineal embodiment is adapted and transformed through the figural potentiality of poetic language.
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scrutiny2 is a double blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes original manuscripts on theoretical and practical concerns in English literary studies in southern Africa, particularly tertiary education. Uniquely southern African approaches to southern African concerns are sought, although manuscripts of a more general nature will be considered. The journal is aimed at an audience of specialists in English literary studies. While the dominant form of manuscripts published will be the scholarly article, the journal will also publish poetry, as well as other forms of writing such as the essay, review essay, conference report and polemical position piece. This journal is accredited with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
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