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mouseworks) wrote2010-05-03 10:00 am
mouseworks) wrote2010-05-03 10:00 am
Emily Dickinson and the Family Maids
http://xpoetics.blogspot.com/2010/04/maid-as-muse.html
We have a cultural stereotype of Dickinson as average white woman in an attic, living at home. Her father was a US Senator; she went to an elite girl's school, and her productivity depending on having a good house maid.
We have a cultural stereotype of Dickinson as average white woman in an attic, living at home. Her father was a US Senator; she went to an elite girl's school, and her productivity depending on having a good house maid.