Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing
Department
English
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
Daneen Wardrop's Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing begins by identifying and using the dating tools of fashion to place the references to clothing in Dickinson's letters and poems, and to locate her social standing through examining her fashion choices in the iconic daguerreotype. In addition to detailing the poetics of fashion in Dickinson's work, the author argues that close examination of Dickinson and fashion cannot be separated from the changing ways that garments were produced during the nineteenth century, embracing issues of domestic labor, the Lowell textile mills, and the Amherst industry of the Hills Hat Factory located almost next door to Dickinson's Homestead. The recent retrieval of clothing from approximately thirty trunks found in the attic of the Evergreens house, which formerly belonged to Dickinson's brother and sister-in-law, further enhances this remarkable and original interdisciplinary work.
Call number in WMU's library
PS1541.Z5 W315 2009 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-1584657804
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Press
City
Durham, N.H. : Hanover, N.H.
Keywords
Clothing and dress in literature, Class consciousness in literature, Clothing trade
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Fashion Design
Recommended Citation
Wardrop, Daneen, "Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing" (2009). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 144.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/144