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We Ignore So Much
Oct. 13th, 2008 11:08 amEmily Dickinson's Secret Lover!
I really enjoyed this article. It's interesting to see how our characterizations of authors past color how we continue to see them, even if new evidence is found that completely contradicts our previous notions. I can understand why this information about Emily Dickinson is being quashed, seeing as how we love to think of her holed up in the attic wearing a white dress writing poetry about things she'll never experience. We don't want to think of her as semi-normal, as if this would somehow diminish her brilliance. It is a little silly to make her conform to such an ideal, though. Superextraordinary? Perhaps not. A beautiful way of looking at the same ordinary things? Perhaps so.
Anyway, I have a midterm for medical terminology to do. I also wrote a short, personal essay I might post later. We'll see.
I really enjoyed this article. It's interesting to see how our characterizations of authors past color how we continue to see them, even if new evidence is found that completely contradicts our previous notions. I can understand why this information about Emily Dickinson is being quashed, seeing as how we love to think of her holed up in the attic wearing a white dress writing poetry about things she'll never experience. We don't want to think of her as semi-normal, as if this would somehow diminish her brilliance. It is a little silly to make her conform to such an ideal, though. Superextraordinary? Perhaps not. A beautiful way of looking at the same ordinary things? Perhaps so.
Anyway, I have a midterm for medical terminology to do. I also wrote a short, personal essay I might post later. We'll see.
