This internationally acclaimed study is now republished ,with a substantial new introduction by the author. It is a work of extraordinary finesse which offers a full-length study which integrates the poet&rsquo,s homoeroticism into an interpretation of her poetry. In this new edition Paula Bennett surveys other analysis by critics of Dickinson&rsquo,s work, and the conundrums these have raised. Bennett illuminates Dickinson&rsquo,s desire to be a &lsquo,strong&rsquo, woman poet against the background of her situation as a 19th-century woman. The author provides clear, incisive analyses of Dickinson&rsquo,s poetry, with a wide-angle view of the poet&rsquo,s cultural situation. She also gives sensitive discussion of Dickinson&rsquo,s sexual imagery. It is a major contribution to our understanding of representations of female sexuality in Art and in literature._, Usado-NUEVO