Textual Editing/the case of Emily Dickinson, Part II
Required: 1) Martha Nell Smith “Corporealizations of Dickinson and Interpretive Machines” (195-222) from The Iconic Page
2) Lori Emerson “The Fascicle as Process and Product” from Reading Writing Interfaces PDF in Google Drive
3) Jerome McGann Chapter Three “The Socialization of Texts” from The Textual Condition 69-87
As you browse / read through the first edited anthology of Dickinson (Todd and Higgenson), select and compare two or three specific poems in the anthology with the same poem mss in the digital archive (link below). Also search around on the web for instantiations of that poem. Are there variations? How does interface, materiality and editorial decisions contribute to the meaning of the poem?
Emily Dickinson Poems By Emily Dickinson (first edition, Todd and Higginson edited) PDF
The following are supplemental readings (not required): Susan Howe from My Emily Dickinson PDF, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar “A woman, white: Emily Dickinson’s yarn of pearl,” in The Mad Woman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth Century Imagination (1979) [link to archive.org]
Textual Practice: Nichole on letter writing / epistolary technologies (ENGL701 Tillinghast Final)
Nichole writes, “This presentation focuses on the epistolary act and its historical impact and the significance of the sender and receiver and the I/Thou relationship. A summary of the movement of letters through the use of couriers and later postal services will be given. The social and cultural significance of this textual practice will be discussed including its use in literature and film. As we explore the works of Emily Dickinson, thought will be given to the epistolary act through poetry. Consideration will be given to the materials and aspects of the epistolary act and its continued use in a digital world.”