Books by R. Brantley

Emily Dickinson (1830-86) recasts British-Romantic themes of natural and spiritual perception for an American audience. Her lyrics about natural history build on this empiricism and develop her commitment to natural religion. Her counterintuitive combination of natural models with spiritual metaphors champions immortality.

Emily Dickinson's Rich Conversation is a comprehensive account of Emily Dickinson's aesthetic and intellectual life. Contrary to the image of the isolated poet, this ambitious study reveals Dickinson's agile mind developing through conversation with a community of contemporaries.

Emily Dickinson (1830-86) recasts British-Romantic themes of natural and spiritual perception for an American audience. Her lyrics about natural history build on this empiricism and develop her commitment to natural religion. Her counterintuitive combination of natural models with spiritual metaphors champions immortality.