He had seen men enslaved, and seen death in battle on a terrible scale. So when a young, unknown poet named Emily Dickinson wrote to ask whether he thought her verse was “alive”, Thomas Wentworth Higginson – a critic for The Atlantic Monthly and a decorated Union veteran – knew he was seeing poetry that… Continue reading Book Review – White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Review: White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
He had seen men enslaved, and seen death in battle on a terrible scale. So when a young, unknown poet named Emily Dickinson wrote to ask whether he thought her verse was “alive”, Thomas Wentworth Higginson – a critic for The Atlantic Monthly and a decorated Union veteran – knew he was seeing poetry that… Continue reading Review: White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson