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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 14:18:20 EDT
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Subject: Re:  The new Dickinson biography by Lundin
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Stephen wrote in response to my query about the Lundin book:

>What are some of the 50 books ahead of you?  I have not heard of this book
>and cannot advise you but I might advise you on some of the others stacked
>around you.

Well, the ED books ahead of me aren't really stacked around me.  Perhaps it
would
be easier to say what I, a dedicated amateur, have read in the past seven
months since becoming an emwebber.  Bios:  Whicher, Sewall; historical
criticism:  Lubbers; critical approaches: Howe, Miller, Smith; specialized
historical perspective: Dobson; novels:  Dobson, Ridington, Farr.  I have also
read most of the articles available in EDIS Journal archives, and browse the
Complete Poems every day.  

So, you can see that there many, many attractives books ahead.  To clarify a
bit, the Lundin biography interests me particularly because EDs poetry is
filled with so many enticing observations about religion, particularly
Christianity, that I want to dig further. Some of that shows up in the
biographies, particularly in Sewall, but they don't go deeply enough.

If the Lundin book is too new to have been read by busy folks in this group,
perhaps somebody knows something of Lundin and his stature as a writer. Or
maybe there is another book that explores in depth the religious content in
EDs work.

Thanks,

Louis Forsdale