This week, we're discussing scientific themes in Dickinson’s poetry. As this lecture will show, the mid nineteenth century was a period of growth and specialization in the scientific community as naturalists explored origins through the geological record and evolutionary theories and attempted to categorize and catalogue new discoveries. We’ll consider how Dickinson’s personae present a variety of attitudes towards new scientific developments and discuss Dickinson, who was herself an amateur scientist, engaged in contemporary scientific debates.
Guiding question(s): What value does science for Dickinson’s poetry? How does she think about the relationship between science and faith/science and the natural world/science and humanity?
Today's readings:
70 "Arcturus' is his other name -"
100 "A science - so the Savants say,"
108 "Surgeons must be very careful"
185 "Faith is a fine invention"
585 "I like to see it lap the Miles-"
700 "You've seen Balloons set - Haven't You?"
954 "The chemical conviction"
970 "Color - Caste - Denomination"
1158 "Best Witchcraft"
(Numbering from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. Thomas H. Johnson)
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