Emily Dickinson Goes to the Movies - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 111

Emily Dickinson Goes to the Movies

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 111 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 Dickinson
  • Wild Nights with Emily
  • A Quiet Passion
  • The Belle of Amherst
• Other shows mentioned
  • Gentleman Jack
  • Drunk HIstory
  • The Little Hours (Molly Shannon co-stars)
• Books mentioned
  • Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
  • The Complete Poems of Emily DIckinson edited by LThomas 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

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Trystan L. Bass and Frock Flicks Online

• Website: Frock Flicks
• Email Frock Flicks
• Twitter: @FrockFlicks
• Facebook: Frock Flicks