Emily Dickinson Goes to the Movies
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 35d with Heather Rose Jones
Was famous American poet Emily Dickinson a lesbian? The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast looks at her life through the lens of the movie camera, and especially the current film Wild Nights with Emily.
In this episode we talk about:
Different understandings of Dickinson's life
The process of mythologizing and de-mythologizing
The usefulness of different angles on a historic figure
What we loved in Dickinson movies...and what we didn't like quite so much
Movies about Emily DickinsonWild Nights with Emily
A Quiet Passion
The Belle of Amherst
Other shows mentionedGentleman Jack
Drunk History
The Little Hours (Molly Shannon co-stars)
Books mentionedSurpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson
Poems mentioned"Wild nights -- Wild nights!" by Emily Dickinson
"Because I could not stop for death" by Emily Dickinson
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" by Emily Dickinson
"I died for beauty" by Emily Dickinson
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Emily Dickinson
A partial transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
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Links to Heather Online
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Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Trystan L. Bass and Frock Flicks Online
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