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White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
by Brenda Wineapple
from Knopf

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• An exceptional book that belongs in any personal library
  Brenda Wineapple writes an intimate portrait of Higginson and Dickinson with sensitivity and elegance. I was afraid it would be rather dry, but just the opposite is true. The author is heady and scholarly, but the writing takes off like an engrossing story, lifts you with it. There is nothing stodgy or stuffy about this book. The narrative flows with grace, and her prose style engages you with its intelligent delivery. It is thoroughly researched--while reading it, I was brought back in time and place. I... more info

• A First Class Scholarly Work And Vastly Inspirational!
  It is rare to find truly new information about Emily Dickinson's most elusive and private life. It is even more so when it occurs in first rate scholarly fashion by a great writer who understands the depth of ED's spiritual core. "White Heat" is a must-read for anyone serious about learning facts never before revealed concerning both Emily Dickinson's life and work. Incredibly to me was an astonishing additional bonus contained in this treasure of a book: namely, a newly discovered photograph of Emily... more info

• White Heat is an excellent exploration of the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her relationship with TW Higginson
  Emily Dickinson wrote over 1700 poems of lyrical complexity about nature, immortality, death and her love of nature. Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a man of Renaissance complexity, brilliance and service to his country. These two nineteenth century figures: a reclusive poetic genius and a man of action are the subjects of Dr. Brenda Wineapple's new duo biography. Wineapple is famous for her previous stellar biography of New England's genius Nathaniel Hawthorne. She knows New England life during the... more info

• very interesting!
  This starts off the way things happened and is interesting from the first sentence on. I felt almost like the male character was telling me the story instead of me reading it.

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