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Unread 07-24-2021, 03:01 PM
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A few words from Dickinson added.

Re personae, and worth remembering.

In an 1862 letter to TW Higginson, Dickinson warned against this when reading her poetry: “When I state myself, as the Representative of the Verse – it does not mean – me – but a supposed person.”
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