GuizhouＲadio&TVUｎiｖersｉtyPraｃｔｉcａｌＰｒojecｔDesignTｉtle：EmiｌyDickinson’ｓRefuｓaｌｔoPublｉshHｅrPoeｍs狄金森拒絕出版她的詩(shī)歌的因素Name:?WangJｉn ?Numｂer: ７Sｃhｏｏl: GｕizhｏuRａdio&TVUnｉversityＭａｊor：?Enｇlish(EducationＯriented)Date：?Ｍaｒch25th,２023Ｔel:Ｅ-maｉl：ACKNＯWLＥDGEＭＥNTＳＴhecompletｉonofｔhｉsthesｉsｗｏuｌdnoｔhavebeenｐossibｌｅｗｉtｈoutｔheencourａgemeｎt,ｔheguｉdａｎce,andthesｕpportofmａnyoｔherpeｏple.Firstofaｌl，IwouldextendmｙsincereandheａrtｆeｌttｈankｓtomysuperｖiｓorPrｏfessｏｒＸiａSｈangli，whoｈasgｉvｅnmeｖａluabｌesｕgｇestionsandｉnｓighｔfulｃomｍentsiｎｔhｅｔheｓiswriting．Ｓｈeｈasａlsoｓpentmuchｔimegoiｎｇｔhrｏughbrainsｔormingwithｍe，pｕtmyworkonthｅrighttrack,ｒｅａdingrｅatdeｔailseveryｄraftｏｆevｅｒｙsectioｎofｔｈisthｅsiｓ，anｄhelpeｄimproｖｅtheaｐproｐriatenessofEngｌｉsｈuseｄ.MygratitudeｔoProfessorXiaknowsnoboｕnd.Ｓpeｃｉalthankｓalｓogotomｙfａmiｌｙfortheirｕnｆａilingｓupｐorｔａnｄloveｔhrougｈoutmｙunｉvｅｒｓiｔystｕdｙ.COＮTＥＮTSAbsｔrａｃtiｎEｎglisｈ…．..．..........．……………………....１ＡbstractinChiｎｅｓe………………..…1=1\＊ROＭANI．Intrｏdｕｃｔｉon………..…………．．.………….．……….….…………1II.EmilyDｉckinson’sｐeｒsonality……………………22．1Iｎtroverted………………………．．22．2High-ｈearted……………………．4ＩII.ＰuｒpoｓeｏfEｍilyDickinson’ｓｗriｔing…….…….5IＶ.TheｃharacterｏｆＥmｉlyＤiｃｋｉｎson’ｓｐoｅtｒｙ……………．…………6４.1Ｔheusingｏfomissioｎ……………６4.2Ｔhｅusingofdasｈ…………………7V．ThｅｐuｂlｉcatioｎhisｔoryofEｍilyDiｃkinsｏｎ’spoｅtry……………9ＶI.Coｎｃlｕsion……………….…....１0BIBIOＧＲＡＰＨY..…………….………………….…..．11DECLARＡTION…………………１2ＥmilyDiｃkinｓon’sＲefuｓaｌtｏPublishHeｒPoemsAbstrａct:DiｃkinsoniｓaｆａmousAmericanpoｅｔess.Sｈeiｓａliteraｒygenｉｕｓ.Sｈewrｏtealｏtoｆpoetrydｕrinｇherlifetｉmeｂutｐuｂlisheｄｖeryliｔｔlｅｏfherpoems．Frｏmthｅinformationavailabｌｅ,Itcａnｂｅseenthａｔsheｗasintroverｔedandalｉttlｅaｒrｏgａnt，hｉgh-heａrted;shｅwasｎotgoｏdaｔdealinｇwithｐｅoplｅ，ａndshehadnointｅrｅstonsociallife;ｈerpoeｔrydoeｓnotfoｌloｗgraｍmaｒrules，ｓｏiｔwａshardfoｒtｈｅｅditorsandrｅaderstorｅａd.Ｔheseareｔhｅrｅasｏｎｓｗhyhｅrpｏeｍｓｗerｅnotpｕblisｈeｄdｕringhｅrｌifetｉmｅ．Ｉnｔhｉspaｐｅr,thewrｉtｅrｉｓgoｉngtoｅxｐlｏrethereasｏｎswhysｈerefｕsedtoｐｕbｌiｓｈheｒpoeｍsbystｕdyingherｐersonalｉty,thｅcharaｃteｒｏfherpoeｔry，aｎdthepublicａｔiｏnhｉstｏｒｙofｈerｐoｅtry.Keywｏｒdｓ:Dｉckｉnsoｎ;ｐｅrsｏnalｉｔｙ;ｒefusedｔopuｂliｓh摘要：狄金森是美國(guó)著名的女詩(shī)人，她是個(gè)文學(xué)天才，但是她生前寫了很多詩(shī)歌卻很少發(fā)表她的詩(shī)歌。從現(xiàn)有的資料看出，她性格內(nèi)向而又有些傲慢,不善于社交也無心解決世事,她的詩(shī)歌不注重語(yǔ)法規(guī)則是當(dāng)時(shí)的讀者乃是編輯很難讀懂,這些是她的詩(shī)歌在她的生前一直得不到出版的因素。本文要通過對(duì)她的個(gè)性、詩(shī)歌的特點(diǎn)及詩(shī)歌出版的歷史的研究來探討她不出版詩(shī)歌的因素。關(guān)鍵詞：狄金森;

個(gè)性；拒絕出版=1\＊ＲＯMANＩ.IｎtroducｔｉonEmilyDickiｎsｏｎwasbornｏｎDecｅmber10,1830,inAmｈerｓｔ,Massacｈｕsettｓ,thｅoldestdaughterｏfEｄwardDiｃkinｓｏｎ,asucｃessfullawｙｅr,meｍberｏｆCoｎgrｅss，anｄｆormanyyearstrｅasureｒofAｍhersｔCｏlleｇe,andoｆEｍilyNorcrosｓDickinsoｎ,aｔimidwomａn.Dickinsonwasfuｎ-lｏvingaｓacｈild,ｖeｒyｓmａrｔ,andenjoｙedｔheｃomｐaｎyofothers．Herbrotｈer,Austiｎ,bｅcaｍealａwｙerlｉkehisfatｈeｒaｎdwasalsotreaｓureroｆＡmhｅｒstＣoｌｌegｅ.Thｅyouｎｇesｔcｈildofthｅfamily,Lａvｉｎiａ,bｅｃａmetheｃhiｅfｈｏｕsｅkeeperａｎd,lｉkeherｓｉstｅｒEmily,reｍainedａt(yī)homeallheｒｌifｅanｄnevermaｒried.ＴhesixｔhmeｍｂeｒｏfｔhistiｇhtlｙkｎitgroupwasSｕsａｎGiｌbｅrt,Emｉly'sａmbiｔiousaｎdwitｔyscｈoolmａｔewｈomarriedShｅlｅft１775pｏems．ShehadａcｃeｓｓedtoEｍerｓｏn'ｓthouｇhtwhｅnsheｗasyoung.Emｅrsoｎｏppｏｓedtｏauｔhority,adｖocatedtheviｅwofintｕｉtiｖe．Mｏｓtｏfherpoemsｗｒiｔeabｏutarrogantlonelｉｎesｓ,dｉｓapｐointmentwithtｈepuｒsuitofreliｇｉｏn,aｎdserｅｎｅdｅaｔｈ.Thｉｓreflecｔｓherｃoｍｐlexｐsycholｏgicａlstatus．Heｒpoemsfoｃusｏncontenｔ,ratｈeｒｔhaｎfｏcusoｎthｅrulesofgrammａr.Sheusｅdaloｔoｆｖarioｕspunctuatｉoｎmaｒｋｓ,espｅｃｉallydash.EｍilｙDｉckinsｏndiｅdonMａｙ１5,1886.Ｈersiｓterandfｒiendｓseleｃtedandeｄitedherpoｅms．Thentheyｐublished３setsｉnｔhｅｌate１9thｃentｕry．Ｄuｒingheｒｒeｃlusivelifｅiｎｈeｒownhｏuｓe,ｓhewrotｅａlotｏfpoeｍsandｃｏrrespondｅncesthatcｏnｔａiｎgrｅatliteraryｖalue.Bｕｔsｈepubｌｉsheｄfewoftｈem.Whysｈewroteｍａnybuｔｐublisheｄfｅｗｈasbecｏmeacommontｏｐｉcｔotｈeｐｅｏplｅ,andｔhisｉsalsothetopｉcｐurposeofthisｔｈesiｓ．Asafamousｗriter,sheandherwoｒksｈavebeenｓtｕｄiedbｙalotofｐeｏplｅ，suchasFerlazzoPaulJ，ａsｗｅlｌasChineseｓcｈｏｌarｓJiａngfengａｎｄＬiuShoulａn.Bａsingｏnprevioｕsstuｄies，thisｔhesｉｓisgｏingtosｐｅcｉｆicallydiｓcustherｅａｓonswhyshedｉdnｏtpubｌiｓｈherpoems.II.ＥｍilｙDiｃkiｎｓon’ｓpersonaｌity2.1IntｒovertｅdEmilywaｓintroｖerted，andｓｈｅｄislikeddeａlingwｉthpeoｐle．Sｏｓhediｄn’ｔｗaｎttoｓhowhertalent.HeｒfatｈerEｄｗardwasｉｎｄeedharsｈandarbｉtｒａry.AｔｔｈｅmeｍoryoｆEｍiｌy,herｆａｔherimmerseｄiｎlegaｌmaｔteｒsaｌlｄay,simplydidn’ｔcareabouｔhermuch.Sｉｎceshewasaｌittｌecｈｉld,ｓhehａdaｓenseofaｗｅｔowardherfａｔhｅｒ.ShethoughttｈａｔｈｅｒfathｅrlookedliｋｅＣｒｏmwelｌorAｎcｉeｎtRome’ｓGｅnerａl．Beｆｏretheageoｆ２0,herfatherhadalwayｓbｅｅnthｅbacｋｂoneｏｆherlife,andtｈemａjorｉnfluｅncethaｔfoｒmeｄherｐersｏｎalｉtｙ.Withｔｈegrowthoｆage，Eｍilybｅgantofｅe(cuò)lｄisｓaｔisfiedtowardｈeｒfａt(yī)heｒ'sstrｉctneｓｓ.Andthesenseｏfｗｏrsｈiptｏwardhｅrfａt(yī)hｅｒhadgraｄuallyｒeplaｃedbythｅｆeeliｎgsofcoｎtradiｃtion.Ontｈeｏnｅhaｎd,herｆatherhａdａnunwaverinｇloｖetoAｕsｔin,buｔdｉdｎ’tsparｅaｇｌanceｏnｈｅrｏｗｎintｅlleｃtｕalsupｅrｉoritｙ.Ｉtｍaｄehｅrsadaｎdemerｇethｅfｅe(cuò)ｌiｎgｓoｆｒesiｓtａncｅ;Onthｅothｅrhａnd,theiｒｒesistｉbｌｅauthorityｏffａt(yī)hｅr’ssｔaｔusinｔhefａmｉlｙａndcｈaｒismaｒemaineｄfunctiｏninｇaｓanａbｓoｌuｔedｏｍiｎaｎｔｒoleｉnherliｆe,anｄｔheｙwerｅherspｉriｔuａlｓuppｏrtfｏrｓurｖivaｌ．Inoｒdertomaｉnｔａｉnharmonyatｈomeanｄrelativeiｎｄependenｃｅ,sｈehaｓbeenｓilｅｎttｏdｅａlｗiｔhthevaｒiｏｕsｃｏntrａdｉctionｓinlife.Inｏrdｅrtｏbeｈerfａt(yī)ｈer’ｓoｂｅdieｎtdaｕghtｅr,EmilysｅldomｌeｆｔＡmheｒst,andsｈewasａlsoｒａretｏdrｏｐafriend'shousｅ．Tｈａt(yī)waswhyshｅｗassointｒｏverｔed.Ｊune1６，１874，whileEdwarｄswａｓsｐｅakingatthecoｎｆｅreｎceoｆMasｓａｃhuseｔｔs’slegislativebodies,hｅfelltotheｇroundｓudｄenlybeｃａｕseｏfaｈeａｒtattａｃｋ.Ｈesupporteｄtowalktothehotｅl,anddｉｅdtｗoｈouｒsｌater．Herｆather＇sdeａt(yī)ｈmaｄeherｇriefandｌoss,anditmadｅhｅrbｅcaｍeｍoｒeintrovｅｒtｅd.Shethoｕghtthaｔheｒｈoｍeｗａｓnoloｎgeｒahomesinceｈｅrfａｔher'ｓdeａt(yī)h．Durｉｎgthelaｓt20yｅarsｏfｈeｒｌｉfe,EmｉlyoftenｃｏmｍｕnicaｔeｄｗｉｔhBowｌes，onｅofｈerｂeｓtfrｉeｎds,bycｏrrespondeｎcｅ.Interestinｇly,ｗｈｅnBoｗlesvｉsｉtｅdthｅDickinｓons，hecoulｄn’tseeEmily，ｂuｔreceivedhｅｒleｔｔerthｅnextdａy．ＩnＥmｉly’slａstfewｙeａrs,ＭabelｏftenｗｅntｔｏplａythepiａnoｉnEmily’ｓhome．ＷhenMabｅlwaspｌａyingthｅpiａｎｏｉnｔhｅroom,Dickｉnｓoｎaｌwaｙssetquｉｅｔｌyｏｎtheｓtaｉrs,notallowｉngｐeopｌetｏseｅ.WheｎＭａbｅlfinisｈedpｌayｉnｇ,Emilｙwoｕｌdsｅnｄsｏｍeｃａke,wineandpｏeｔｒyｔoMａｂelｔoshowｇratitude.Asintｒovertｅdasshewas,ｓoｍetimesheevendidｎ’tｗaｎｔｔosｅe(cuò)herｃlosefriendｓ,ｈowcoｕldawoｍanlikｅtｈiｓｗoｕldpubliｓhheｒpoｅtｒytotheworld?

2.2High-heaｒｔedIｎ1847autumn,attｈｅaｇｅｏfsｅvenｔｅe(cuò)ｎＥmilyleftfｏrSoutｈHａｄley,ＭassachuｓettsｔｏaｔteｎdtheMounｔHoｌｙokeFeｍalｅSeｍinａry.Tｈiｓscｈooｌ'ｓｓchooloｂｊectiｖewastotraiｎtheｏpposｉteｓeｘcｏｍpanｉｏnsforpasｔorsｗhogoａbｒoaｄtodｏtheiｒｍissionaryｗork.Thａt(yī)ｙeａr,ｉｎtheｅaｒlymoｒniｎgpraysofCｈristｍａsｄａy'sprｅcedingday，thesｃｈoｏlＰｒinciｐａｌLyonａnnouｎcｅdthatalltｈeｓtudeｎtsａndtｅachｅrsmusthaｖeａfastｉnginChrisｔmasday.Thegｉrlsweｒenoｔallｏweｄｔolｅaｖｅtｈebeｄroｏｍｓ，buttoｐｒayandthinｋｏffaultsquiｅtｌy.However,Eｍiｌyａｎdｈeｒｒooｍmａt(yī)esrefuｓedｔｏｄoｌiｋethat.ThePrinｃｉpaｌwasstartledbythisａctｉontｈatdｉsregaｒｄedａｕtｈority.Shepunisｈｅｄthｅsｔｕｄenｔs，whoｒefuｓeｄtofoｌlowhｅrａｎnouｎceJｕdｇｅOttisPhillｉpsＬordwasnｏtonｌyherfaｔhｅr＇ｓgｏｏdfｒｉenｄ,butalsohｅrcloｓefｒieｎd.Ａfterherｆather’sdｅath,ｉｎEmily’ｓ40ｓ,ｔheirfｒiｅndshｉpｅvｅndｅｖｅloｐediｎtoloｖe.Dicｋinsonwasｉntｅnｓetoenjoythｅtruelovｅ，anｄshetolditｔｏL(fēng)ord,hopinｇｔhatsheｃｏｕｌｄbｅcomeＥmｉｌyＬord.Hｏweｖer,wｈｅｎLｏｒduｎdeｒstｏodａnｄaｃｃeｐtedthislove，aｎdprｏｐosedtｏmａrrｙher,Emilyｒefusｅddeｃidedly.Sｈesaｉｄｔhatrｅjecｔioｎcouldbestowｈertohaｐpiness,ａndｔhｅwｏｒdｎoisｔhｅmostfranticwordinｏurlanguage.Froｍheｒwords,ｗｅｃanｓeeｈoｗarｒogａnceshewas.Aｌtｈougｈheｒdrymindneｅｄｅdloveｔｏmoｉstｅn,aｎｄaｌthougｈsｈeｗａsｗillｉnｇｔobehiｓcａptive,shewasａctｕalｌynｏｔｗｉlｌiｎgtoｅnａbleｈeｒｄesirｅｔｏbeobtaｉneｄeasiｌy.Butsheonlｙｈopeｄtoｔａｋethemaｎsｈeloｖｅｄaｓｈerｆａｔheｒ．Perｈaps,shejuｓｔｗａntedtｏｌｉvｅiｎtheｆanｔasy，toimmeｒseiｎherｓpｉriｔworlｄ.Ｆromtｈetowstｏriesabove,wecanseeｔhａｔEｍilyＤicｋinsｏnwasahigｈ-hｅaｒteｄwoman.Ｓhewaｓarroｇant.Sｈeｗａntedtｏalｏoffromworldlｙaｆfairs．IIＩ.PurｐｏseofEｍilyDickinson’swｒitiｎｇＤiffeｒeｎtｐｅｏplehaｖediｆferenｔｐurpoｓesofwｒiting.Somepeｏpｌeｗriｔeｔodisｃｌosethｅsociａlcontｒａｄiｃtion,ｓｏmepeoplewritetｏearnmoneｙ,ｂutEmｉｌyＤickiｎsonjustwantedtowｒiｔｅdｏｗnheｒthoughｔ.LuXun，afamｏuｓChinesewritｅr,stｕdiedoｎMｅdiｃｉnｅａt(yī)fiｒsｔ.ButiｎｏrdｅrtowaｋeupＣhinesepeoｐle,hegａvｅuｐhiｓsｔuｄyｉngonＭedｉcine,andbｅｇａｎtoｗｒｉｔｅ.Hewroｔemanyａrtiｃlｅstodiｓｃloseａｌlkindｓofugｌysoｃiaｌphｅnomｅna.Iｎoｒdertｏachieｖethepｕrposeofｈｉｓwriｔｉng，ｈｅmｕｓtpｕblishhisaｒｔicｌes.Dickinsoｎ’sliｖiｎgenviroｎmｅｎtdidnothavｅmucｈｓｅrｉoｕscontｒａdｉction.Altｈｏuｇhｓｈewａsdｉssatisfｉedwｉthｔheshacklesofｒｅlｉgioｎ，afｔeralｌshewasimpaｃtｅdbythｅthｏｕghtoｆPurｉｔaｎ.Shｅｗasopposeｄｔotheｍａleauｔhｏriｔy,ｂｕtsｈewasn’ｔhoｓｔiｌetomｅn.Shehadnodｅsireｔocｏnｑuｅｒmen，butｓhｅjusｔｗｏuldliｋetosｕｒmounttｈeobstａclｅsｔｈatresｔriｃｔheraction．Aｌthougｈsｈeｈadbｅe(cuò)ｎdｉｓsaｔisｆｉedwｉｔhhisfathｅｒ＇sｈａｒsh,shｅｒeｓpectedｈerfatherverｙｍuch.Anothｅｒwｅｌl-kｎｏｗnChineｓeｗriterＨaｎHan,hecaneａrnalotｏfｍonｅyfｒomwｒitｉngbooｋs.Itissaidtｈattｈemoneｙｈｅgeｔｆｒｏmaboｏｋhewrｏteｃouldbuyaｓpoｒtｓcａr.Heisａyｏuｔhwiｔhopenｐersonality.Ｈeenjｏysplayｉｎg,aｎdhelikｅssportsｃａr.Iｎorｄertoimproｖｅtｈeｑualityofhislifｅ，hehastｏｗritｅandpｕblｉsｈboｏkｓtoｍakemonｅy.Coｍpaｒeｄwithｈim,Diｃkinｓonwaｓｉntroverted.Sｈewasborｎinariｃｈfａmily,sosｈewasｎ’tｌackｏfｍoney.Inａｄｄｉtion，heｒintrｏvertedpｅrsonaliｔｉesmadｅherdonotwanttｏｌetｔhｅpuｂlicｋnoｗhｅrthoｕghｔ.Dickinsoｎ’swrｉｔinｇpuｒpｏseｗaｓtoventｈerpeｒsoｎalｆeｅｌings.Agｉrl’sdelicａt(yī)einnerｗorldｗｏuldnoｔbeoｐeｎed，bｅｃauseitwａsｓｅcrｅt.Hｅrfamilywaｓｒicｈ,ａｎdｓhehadayoungｅrｓiｓｔer，wｈｏｎｅvermａrrieddurｉngheｒlife,totaｋｅｇoｏfｃareofthewholｅfaｍilｙ.Underthecoｎditionofnosｔrｅｓｓ，shecoulｄexｐlorethelifeanddｅath,ａswellasｓpirituａｌsｉgnifｉcanｃe.Hｅｒwrｉtingｐurposｅｄetｅrminｅdthａt(yī)therｅwasnoｎeedｆorｈｅrｔopublishhｅrpｏemｓ．IＶ.ThechａracｔeｒoｆEmiｌyDiｃkinson’spoeｔｒｙ4.1TheusｉngofomissionＯｍｉssiｏnwａstheｒhetoricaldevicetｈaｔDｉckinsｏｎuseｄtoｕse.Ｂｅｃausｅoｆtheｏmｉttedphenoｍeｎonthatrｕnsｃouｎterｔoｔrａｄitionalnoｒmｓoｆgｒaｍmaralwaysoccｕrｒed,herpoetｒyhａsａlsｏbecomeｍoｒediｆficｕlttｏuｎdｅrstand.Ｎoｗｏnderｔhatmanｙofｈｅｒｃoｎtemｐｏrarｉｅs,boｔｈreadeｒｓandcritics，ｔhoughtthａｔherlanguagewａsｖerybaｄ.EvenｉfwhｅnhｅrｃloｓefｒieｎdHiｇginｓoｎdecｉdedtoｐublｉshheｒpoetry,hｅstillthouｇhｔfｉrｍlythateｖｅnｔhoughherideasｃouldcoｎquertherｅaｄers，butthｅdeｆectingｒammaｒstａndａrdisａcｔuaｌlyobvious．Ｐerｈａｐs,ｐｒｅciselybｅcａｕｓeｏftｈesｅwｅｉｒｄlanguagｅfeａt(yī)ures,heｒpoeｔrywａscoｎfusioｎforalｏngtｉｍefortheｐublｉsｈｉngiｎｄustry.Letuｓtastethesefeaturｅｓbyrｅａdingｈerpoｅtrｙ．FｏurTreｅs--ｕponasolitaryAcｒe--

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