Emily Dickinson’s Ambivalence about Immortality: An Analysis of “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”
Death holds special significance in Emily Dickinson’s poems. “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, one of her most celebrated death poems, visualizes the dying process with symbolic images and tangible feelings. What is the destination of Death’s chariot? Tomb or eternity? Is immortality attainable?...
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Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2023-01-01
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Series: | SHS Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2023/28/shsconf_ichess2023_01011.pdf |