The Heart Has Many Doors: A Novel of Emily Dickinson - Softcover

Snively, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935052691 ISBN 13: 9781935052692

Publisher: White River Press, 2015

Synopsis

The poet Emily Dickinson's love affair with the eminent Judge Otis Phillips Lord, eighteen years older and her father's best friend, begins in her childhood and evolves over the years into passion. As Emily and Phil struggle with her need for privacy and his power as a man of the world, they stir up the troubled Dickinson family. Despite illness and the hostility of their greedy and jealous relatives, Emily contrives a secret rendezvous in Salem with the big, tempestuous man she calls Little Phil, and they even talk of marriage. Their courage to defy convention inspires the poet's unforgettable art. Poet, scriptwriter, and essayist Susan Snively lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, and works as a guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum. This is her first novel.

About this title

About the Author:

Snively is director of the Writing Center at Amherst College.

About this edition

• Publisher: White River Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1935052691
• ISBN 13: 9781935052692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288