EDIS ALA Sessions (The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, May 26-29, 2022)

DICKINSON, RECEPTION, AND RESTORATION

Chair: Renée Bergland, Simmons University

1. “Boxing in Dickinson: The Bibliographic Codes of Price in the Roberts Brothers’ Editions of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry,” Nicole Salama, Loyola University Chicago

2. “Shared Rhythms: The Semiotics of “Paradise” in Dickinson’s Lyric,” Amy Chan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3. “‘Home is where the house is’: Restoring the Dickinson Homestead,” Jane Wald, Emily Dickinson Museum

DICKINSON, ILLNESS, AND REGENERATION

Chair: Marta L. Werner, Loyola University Chicago

1. “Illness in Isolation: Katie Farris’ A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving in Conversation with Emily Dickinson,” Ronnie K. Stephens, University of Texas at Arlington

2. “‘Is Life Worth Living?’: Emily Dickinson, William James, and the Disenchantment of Nature,” Renée Bergland, Simmons University

3. “'After Great Pain:' Earth/body Aftermath and Restoration Experienced and Imagined in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry,” Barbara Mossberg, University of Oregon