LEADER 03946nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910461368303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49343-7 010 $a9786613588661 010 $a0-8135-5337-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813553375 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176028 035 $a(OCoLC)787852150 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10546114 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11400735 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10659433 035 $a(PQKB)10315286 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC878239 035 $a(OCoLC)784885427 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17504 035 $a(DE-B1597)529389 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813553375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL878239 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546114 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358866 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176028 100 $a20110728d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmily Dickinson in love$b[electronic resource] $ethe case for Otis Lord /$fJohn Evangelist Walsh 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8135-5275-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPROLOGUE: A PUZZLEMENT -- $tI. THE UNMASKING -- $tII. THE LOVE AFFAIR -- $tAPPENDICES -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes and Sources -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex -- $tIndex to Poems 330 $aFrom the award-winning author of Poe the Detective: The Curious Circumstances Behind "The Mystery of Marie Roget" comes a compelling argument for the identity of Emily Dickinson?s true love Proud of my broken heart Since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I Did not feel till thee . . . Those words were written by Emily Dickinson to a married man. Who was he? For a century or more the identity of Emily Dickinson?s mysterious ?Master? has been eagerly sought, especially since three letters from her to him were found and published in 1955. In Emily Dickinson in Love, John Evangelist Walsh provides the first book-length treatment of this fascinating subject, offering a solution based wholly on documented facts and the poet?s own writings. Crafting the affair as a love story of rare appeal, and writing with exquisite attention to detail, in Part I Walsh reveals and meticulously proves the Master to be Otis Lord, a friend of the poet?s father and a man of some reputation in law and politics. Part II portrays the full dimensions of their thirty-year romance, most of it clandestine, including a series of secret meetings in Boston. After uncovering and confirming the Master?s identity, Walsh fits that information into known events of Emily?s life to make sense of facts long known but little understood?Emily?s decision to dress always in white, for instance, or her extreme withdrawal from a normal existence when she had previously been an active, outgoing friend to many men and women. In a lengthy section of Notes and Sources, Walsh presents his proofs in abundant detail, demonstrating that the evidence favors one man so irresistibly that there is left no room for doubt. Each reader will decide if he has truly succeeded in making the case for Otis Lord. 517 3 $aCase for Otis Lord 606 $aPoets, American$y19th century$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoets, American 676 $a811/.4 700 $aWalsh$b John Evangelist$f1927-$01041016 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461368303321 996 $aEmily Dickinson in love$92464273 997 $aUNINA