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Caroline Rogue: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism Death; humor; death bed; meaning of the fly; assumptions
Sharon Cameron: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism
John Crowe Ransom: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism
Paula Bennett: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism Death; humor; Irony; curiosity; unknown; after life
Cynthia Griffin Wolff: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism
Claudia Yukman: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism
Allen Tate: On 712 ("Because I could not stop for Death") Emily Dickinson 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) Poem Criticism
Yvor Winters: On 712 ("Because I could not stop for Death") Emily Dickinson 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) Poem Criticism
Ankey Larrabee: On 712 ("Because I could not stop for Death") Emily Dickinson 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) Poem Criticism
Eunice Glenn: On 712 ("Because I could not stop for Death") Emily Dickinson 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) Poem Criticism
Richard Chase: On 712 ("Because I could not stop for Death") Emily Dickinson 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) Poem Criticism
Adrienne Rich: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism Femininity; Aggression; gender roles; self-definition; Power dynamics; destruction
Paula Bennett: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism Unaccaptable Self; Masculine Power; Speaker vs. Author; feminism; transgression; Woman artist
Cristanne Miller: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism
Mary Loeffelholz: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism
Albert Gelpi: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism
Claudia Yukman: On 754 ("My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--") Emily Dickinson 754 (My Life had stood——a Loaded Gun——) Poem Criticism
Joanne M. Braxton: On Dunbar's Life and Career Paul Laurence Dunbar Biographical
William L. Andrews and Patricia Robinson Williams: On Dunbar's Life and Career Paul Laurence Dunbar Biographical
Joanne V. Gabbin: On Dunbar's Life and Career Paul Laurence Dunbar Biographical
Sterling Brown: On Paul Laurence Dunbar (1937) Paul Laurence Dunbar General Poet Criticism
Jean Wagner: On "Sympathy" Paul Laurence Dunbar Sympathy Poem Criticism
Peter Revell: On "Sympathy" Paul Laurence Dunbar Sympathy Poem Criticism
Joanne M. Braxton: On "Sympathy" Paul Laurence Dunbar Sympathy Poem Criticism
Peter Revell: On "When Malindy Sings" Paul Laurence Dunbar When Malindy Sings Poem Criticism
Kenny J. Williams: On "When Malindy Sings" Paul Laurence Dunbar When Malindy Sings Poem Criticism
Joanne M. Braxton: On "When Malindy Sings" Paul Laurence Dunbar When Malindy Sings Poem Criticism
John Keeling: On "When Malindy Sings" Paul Laurence Dunbar When Malindy Sings Poem Criticism
Jean Wagner: On "The Haunted Oak" Paul Laurence Dunbar The Haunted Oak Poem Criticism
James A. Emanuel: On "The Haunted Oak" Paul Laurence Dunbar The Haunted Oak Poem Criticism