A must-read not only for literary scholars, but also for students of literature and even amateur poetry lovers who seek intellectual satisfaction in confronting literature. It is strongly recommended both for academic and personal use, as closing the final page of the book, we remain truly astonished by this, at the same time, familiar and new experience as much as we do know that is poetry and that there is no other way. * Style * [ Freemans] book appeals to both emerging and established academics, as it demonstrates a unique and innovative perspective that offers new insights into one of Americas most celebrated poets. [ It] provides valuable insights into the cognitive mechanisms underpinning the comprehension of Dickinsons poetry, highlighting how poets and readers alike process and extract meaning, contributing significantly to expanding academic discourse on cognitive approaches to literature and the arts. * Womens Studies * Freeman's book is not just an engagingly learned re-introduction to Emily Dickinson but a provocation to consider how contemporary scholarship on embodied cognition may serve as a means of building a more complete understanding of Dickinson's poetic art. * Ryan Cull, Associate Professor of English, New Mexico State University, USA * Drawing on the insights of cognitive science, Margaret Freeman demonstrates that understanding a poem, even before any attempt at interpretation, is to cognitively experience it, allowing it to reveal itself by what it is saying and doing. Her subtle and meticulous analyses illustrate how those animate organisms work, and they are thus true eye-openers as well as an enormous gain for all lovers of Dickinsons poems, academics and general readers alike. * Gudrun Grabher, Professor Emerita of American Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria * Margaret Freeman's new book challenges our preconceptions not only about Emily Dickinson but also about the rapidly growing field of cognitive literary studies. She works scrupulously with all levels of Dickinson's poems, descrying impalpable nuances of poetic language while never losing sight of the final analysis and sense of indefinable but alluring artistic work. Freeman's book applies cognitive science findings and heuristics to literary studies and proffers a holistic view of the ways we read a poem, accompanied by step-by-step comments and striking readings. * Denis Akhapkin, Associate Professor of Languages and Literature, Smolny College, Russia * [ The] prospects of what Freeman claims for her cognitive approach are tantalizing, bold, exciting. Freeman is not focused on what a poem can mean, but on what a poem is doing. What happens to a reader who experiences a Dickinson poem? * ALH Online Review *
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