This was one of our response prompts for #4, and it was something I had to dig deeply into to glean an answer for myself. I’m curious, for those of you who chose this prompt, what your answer was. Where
Where Did You Find The Body in Dickinson?
The Biology of Emily Dickinson: This Is My April 1st Work (Emma S.)
Dickinson speaks so much of the soul, I’m always pleasantly surprised to hear a mention of the physical in her poetry. In two of the poems for today, she uses organs of the body in a living, breathing way by
Whitman & Wandering Wombs (Feb 18th Work)
While penis envy and hysteria of the walking womb are laughable Freudian claims now, they were cutting edge during his time. Ironically, one of the more revolutionary aspects of his research was on just this; the idea of women’s sexuality.
Walt Whitman: Emerson’s American Poet?
This is the question I’ve chosen to take on for our next assignment. I’ve already completed my paper, but I’m curious to see what the rest of you think about it because I’m really invested now! Emerson wrote of his