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GuizhouRadio＆TVUniversityPracticalProjectDesignTitle:EmilyDickinson’sRefusaltoPublishHerPoems狄金森拒绝出版她的诗歌的原因Name:WangJinNumber:1052001253367School:GuizhouRadio＆TVUniversityMajor:English(EducationOriented)Date:March25th,2012Tel:15985625593E-mail：631085473@qq.com第1页共13页ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThecompletionofthisthesiswouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouttheencouragement,theguidance,andthesupportofmanyotherpeople.Firstofall,IwouldextendmysincereandheartfeltthankstomysupervisorProfessorXiaShangli,whohasgivenmevaluablesuggestionsandinsightfulcommentsinthethesiswriting.Shehasalsospentmuchtimegoingthroughbrainstormingwithme,putmyworkontherighttrack,readingreatdetailseverydraftofeverysectionofthisthesis,andhelpedimprovetheappropriatenessofEnglishused.MygratitudetoProfessorXiaknowsnobound.Specialthanksalsogotomyfamilyfortheirunfailingsupportandlovethroughoutmyuniversitystudy.第2页共13页CONTENTSAbstractinEnglish…...............……………………………………………………....1AbstractinChinese………………………………………………………………..…1I.Introduction………..…………...…………..……………………….….…………1II.EmilyDickinson’spersonality……………………………………………………22.1Introverted………………………………………………………………………..22.2High-hearted…………………………………………………………………….4III.PurposeofEmilyDickinson’swriting…………………….…………………….5IV.ThecharacterofEmilyDickinson’spoetry…………….…………………………64.1Theusingofomission……………………………………………………………64.2Theusingofdash…………………………………………………………………7V.ThepublicationhistoryofEmilyDickinson’spoetry……………………………9VI.Conclusion……………………………………………………………….…....10BIBIOGRAPHY..…………………………….………………………………….…...11DECLARATION…………………………………………………………………12第3页共13页EmilyDickinson’sRefusaltoPublishHerPoemsAbstract:DickinsonisafamousAmericanpoetess.Sheisaliterarygenius.Shewrotealotofpoetryduringherlifetimebutpublishedverylittleofherpoems.Fromtheinformationavailable,Itcanbeseenthatshewasintrovertedandalittlearrogant,high-hearted;shewasnotgoodatdealingwithpeople,andshehadnointerestonsociallife;herpoetrydoesnotfollowgrammarrules，soitwashardfortheeditorsandreaderstoread.Thesearethereasonswhyherpoemswerenotpublishedduringherlifetime.Inthispaper,thewriterisgoingtoexplorethereasonswhysherefusedtopublishherpoemsbystudyingherpersonality,thecharacterofherpoetry,andthepublicationhistoryofherpoetry.Keywords：Dickinson;personality;refusedtopublish摘要：狄金森是美国著名的女诗人，她是个文学天才，但是她生前写了很多诗歌却很少发表她的诗歌。从现有的资料看出，她性格内向而又有些高傲，不善于社交也无心处理世事，她的诗歌不注重语法规则是当时的读者乃是编辑很难读懂，这些是她的诗歌在她的生前一直得不到出版的原因。本文要通过对她的个性、诗歌的特点及诗歌出版的历史的研究来探讨她不出版诗歌的原因。关键词：狄金森；个性；拒绝出版I.IntroductionEmilyDickinsonwasbornonDecember10,1830,inAmherst,Massachusetts,theoldestdaughterofEdwardDickinson,asuccessfullawyer,memberofCongress,andformanyyearstreasurerofAmherstCollege,andofEmilyNorcrossDickinson,atimidwoman.Dickinsonwasfun-lovingasachild,verysmart,andenjoyedthecompanyofothers.Herbrother,Austin,becamealawyerlikehisfatherandwasalsotreasurerofAmherstCollege.Theyoungestchildofthefamily,Lavinia,becamethechiefhousekeeperand,likehersisterEmily,remainedathomeallherlifeandnevermarried.ThesixthmemberofthistightlyknitgroupwasSusanGilbert,Emily'sambitiousandwittyschoolmatewhomarriedAustinin1856andwhomovedintothehousenextdoortotheDickinsons.EmilyDickinson’sfamilyhadaconservativetradition.Shehadreceiptedorthodoxreligiouseducationsinceherchildhood.Whenshewasayouth,herlifewasmonotonousandcalmandsherarelygoout.Shestartedwritingatage20,andmostoftheearlypoemshavebeenlost.Shekeptherselfindoorsince1858.Researchers第4页共13页stillcannotunderstandthereasonsforherlong-termseclusion.Shedidn’tpublishherworksduringherlifetime.Afterherdeath,herfriendsandheryoungersisterpublishedherworks,andshebecameasfamousasWhitmanforherwell-lovedworks.Sheleft1775poems.ShehadaccessedtoEmerson'sthoughtwhenshewasyoung.Emersonopposedtoauthority,advocatedtheviewofintuitive.Mostofherpoemswriteaboutarrogantloneliness,disappointmentwiththepursuitofreligion,andserenedeath.Thisreflectshercomplexpsychologicalstatus.Herpoemsfocusoncontent,ratherthanfocusontherulesofgrammar.Sheusedalotofvariouspunctuationmarks,especiallydash.EmilyDickinsondiedonMay15,1886.Hersisterandfriendsselectedandeditedherpoems.Thentheypublished3setsinthelate19thcentury.Duringherreclusivelifeinherownhouse,shewrotealotofpoemsandcorrespondencesthatcontaingreatliteraryvalue.Butshepublishedfewofthem.Whyshewrotemanybutpublishedfewhasbecomeacommontopictothepeople,andthisisalsothetopicpurposeofthisthesis.Asafamouswriter,sheandherworkshavebeenstudiedbyalotofpeople,suchasFerlazzoPaulJ,aswellasChinesescholarsJiangfengandLiuShoulan.Basingonpreviousstudies,thisthesisisgoingtospecificallydiscusthereasonswhyshedidnotpublishherpoems.II.EmilyDickinson’spersonality2.1IntrovertedEmilywasintroverted,andshedislikeddealingwithpeople.Soshedidn’twanttoshowhertalent.HerfatherEdwardwasindeedharshandarbitrary.AtthememoryofEmily,herfatherimmersedinlegalmattersallday,simplydidn’tcareabouthermuch.Sinceshewasalittlechild,shehadasenseofawetowardherfather.ShethoughtthatherfatherlookedlikeCromwellorAncientRome’sGeneral.Beforetheageof20,herfatherhadalwaysbeenthebackboneofherlife,andthemajorinfluencethatformedherpersonality.第5页共13页