tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post5758978604267128067..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her sideSusan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-10667390487530150762022-04-26T18:21:09.819-07:002022-04-26T18:21:09.819-07:00To make certain Katie got the poem's semi-disg...To make certain Katie got the poem's semi-disguised message, ED underlined the words "two" and "knit to thee" in the last line. <br /><br />ED's original manuscript is missing, but Katie Anthon's transcription is owned by Harvard College Library (HCL), and Johnson used that transcription in his 1958 three volume "Letters of Emily Dickinson". Susan K also used that transcription. However, in preparation of her 1894 "Letters of Emily Dickinson" Mabel Loomis Todd apparently transcribed Katie's transcription, except that she underlined only one word in the last line, "knit". Todd notoriously expunged any reference to Susan Dickinson, Austin Dickinson's wife, at every opportunity, and this may be an example. Todd's transcription is in the Amhert College Dickinson Collection (ACDC). Interesting acronym, don't you think?<br /><br />https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:1297405<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:1297405<br /><br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-26091968283545639932022-04-26T15:32:24.380-07:002022-04-26T15:32:24.380-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-17128524720620420522022-04-25T18:07:35.285-07:002022-04-25T18:07:35.285-07:00In 1848 at age 17, Susan met Katie, age 16, at Uti...In 1848 at age 17, Susan met Katie, age 16, at Utica [NY] Female Seminary, a prep school for daughters of wealthy NE families. Katie married in 1855, became a widow in 1857, and visited Susan D for 2 months in summer 1859. Susan, Emilie (sic), and Katie, all now about 28 years old, apparently enjoyed each other’s company immensely, given this poem. Susan and ED would chase "unwearied" Katie down the road, and when they finally caught up, Katie would "kneel" and Susan and Emilie would each “clasp a pious knee” with “loving hands”.<br /><br />After Katie left Amherst, Emilie knitted a pair of garters for Katie and mailed them with this poem. ED loved a joke, especially disguised in antonym code like “pious”. How can anyone read this poem without concluding it describes a physical ménage à trois? Just askin.Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-89063190092333183232017-01-13T03:43:24.117-08:002017-01-13T03:43:24.117-08:00Thanks for providing this background! I just star...Thanks for providing this background! I just started reading through Franklin's Reading Edition, and am trying to look up contextual info on poems that are clearly about a specific person. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896126706000509569noreply@blogger.com