A Loaded Gun (30 page)

“Cassy” (fictional character),
200–201

Cerrito, Fanny,
121
,
128
,
129

      
Cornell, Joseph, interest in,
116–17
,
118
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
125

      
Cornell, Joseph, shadow boxes of,
119
,
120

“Characteristics of the Handwriting” (Ward, T.),
194–95

Chickering, Joseph,
90

childbirth, nineteenth century,
55

Chocolat Menier,
121
,
122

Civil War,
169

      
creativity and,
80–81

      
Emily on,
61
,
81–82
,
85–86
,
92
,
170–71

      
Higginson in,
79
,
170

      
Stowe and,
189–90

Clampitt, Amy,
191

Cleopatra,
28
.
See also
Antony and Cleopatra

“The Clock strikes One” [Fr1598D],
39

Cody, John,
43
,
45
,
54
,
57
,
70
,
74
,
76
,
98

The Collected Poems
(Franklin),
182

Colon, Jenny,
116

commentaries,
26

Condor Kate.
See
Anthon, Kate Scott Turner

consumption,
49
,
58
,
109

contradictions,
159–60
,
167
,
172
,
194
,
201

Cooley, Otis H.,
134

Cooper, James Fenimore,
108

Cornell, Helen Ten Broeck Storms,
114
,
115
,
117

Cornell, Joseph

      
androgynous girls obsession of,
117
,
118
,
122
,
131

      
blue peninsula in works of,
113–14
,
122–24
,
127
,
181

      
Cerrito interest of,
116–17
,
118–19
,
120
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
125

      
early life of,
114–15

      
fascination with Emily of,
113–14
,
120–27

      
father of,
114
,
115

      
Kent and,
117
,
125
,
128–32

      
Leyda and,
112–13
,
131
,
157

      
“Lovely” pencil of,
113
,
123

      
reclusiveness of,
125
,
127

      
shadow boxes of,
112–13
,
116–20
,
121–25
,
138
,
175
,
181
,
216–17

      
siblings of,
114

      
women and,
117
,
119

Cornell, Robert,
114
,
117–18
,
126

Cowan, Perez Dickinson,
81

creativity

      
Civil War and,
80–81

      
daemon archetype of,
24

      
Emily on,
76–77
,
84–85

      
lull in,
80–81
,
82

      
poem on,
77

      
productive period of,
42
,
63
,
80
,
82
,
152
,
190–91

Curtis, Tony,
119
,
125

daemon dog.
See
Carlo (dog)

daemons

      
Carlo as,
83
,
85
,
86

      
creativity as,
24

daguerreotypes

      
Austin on,
103
,
133

      
Bingham on,
133–34
,
135

      
cabinet photo of Emily,
121–22

      
Carlo, S., as finder of,
213–17

      
of 1847,
14
,
133–36
,
137
,
140
,
141
,
143
,
155
,
214–15

      
of 1859,
141–43
,
144
,
146
,
150–51
,
152
,
165
,
186
,
213–15

      
Emily's eyes in,
133
,
135
,
143
,
214–15

      
invention of,
133

      
Kate with Emily in,
141–42
,
143
,
150–51
,
215

      
Maher's saving of,
103
,
135

      
photographers of,
134

      
popular renditions of,
135–36

      
Vinnie's alterations and opinions of,
103
,
133
,
135

Dakin, Mimi,
213
,
216

Dance Index,
120

dashes,
25
,
26
,
99
,
155
,
160
,
166
,
186
,
195
,
207

Davis, Jefferson,
82

death

      
of Carlo (dog),
80
,
82
,
92
,
95
,
191
,
203

      
of Dickinson, Samuel,
64

      
of Emily,
38
,
99
,
105
,
153

      
of Gib,
104
,
170

      
of Harris,
15

      
of Lord,
104

      
of mother,
104

      
of Norcross, Lavinia,
58

      
as poetry subject,
44
,
81
,
92
,
132
,
140
,
164–65
,
166–67
,
201

      
of Wadsworth,
104

Dickens, Charles,
22
,
185

Dickinson, Austin (brother),
48
,
54
,
55
,
63
,
73
,
102
,
127
,
205
,
216

      
at Amherst College,
72

      
birth of,
53

      
on daguerreotype,
103
,
133

      
Emily on,
47

      
father's relationship with,
21
,
76
,
79
,
92–93
,
94

      
letters to,
28
,
29
,
34
,
46
,
65
,
66

      
religion of,
73

      
Sue's marriage to,
23
,
32
,
109
,
144
,
147
,
148

Dickinson, Edward (father)

      
Austin's relationship with,
21
,
76
,
79
,
92–93
,
94

      
controlling temper of,
59–60
,
64
,
65

      
courtship and wedding of,
49–52

      
as Earl,
67
,
68

      
Emily on,
47

      
Emily's relationship with,
20
,
21
,
31–32
,
43
,
65–68
,
126
,
165
,
205

      
letter to,
67

      
in poems,
67
,
93–95

      
politics of,
60
,
64
,
67
,
81
,
96
,
170
,
205

      
railroad of,
95
,
96

      
religion of,
73

Dickinson, Edward “Ned” (nephew),
55

Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth “Emily.”
See specific topics

Dickinson, Emily Norcross (mother),
46–47

      
ancestry and early life of,
49
,
55

      
courtship and wedding of,
49–52

      
death of,
104

      
Emily's relationship with,
41–43
,
44
,
46
,
57
,
61–62

      
as invalid,
42
,
60
,
64
,
65
,
74
,
171

      
married life and motherhood of,
53–54
,
55–56
,
59–60
,
64–66

      
melancholy of,
42
,
46
,
53
,
60
,
63–65
,
93

      
personality of,
58–62

      
writing aversion of,
46
,
59

Dickinson, Lavinia “Vinnie” (sister),
90
,
170
,
207

      
banal life of,
126–27

      
birth of,
56

      
daguerreotype alterations and opinions of,
103
,
133
,
135

      
Emily on,
47

      
Lyman and,
63

      
as mermaid,
93
,
126
,
127

      
poetry of,
47
,
126

      
on publication of Emily's poetry,
148–49

      
religion of,
73

Dickinson, Lucretia Gunn (grandmother),
52
,
53
,
56
,
63
,
64

Dickinson, Samuel Fowler (grandfather),
49–50
,
53
,
64

Dickinson, Susan Gilbert “Sue” (sister-in-law),
203
,
205
,
215
,
216

      
as androgynous,
144

      
Austin's marriage to,
23
,
32
,
109
,
144
,
147
,
148

      
bisexuality of,
148
,
149

      
Bowles, Sam and,
198

      
cache of Emily's letters,
19

      
as Cleopatra,
32
,
148
,
194
,
197

      
on Emily,
44

      
Emily in love with,
21
,
22–23
,
75
,
108–9
,
148
,
168
,
198

      
Emily's letters to,
75
,
82
,
170
,
177
,
191
,
192
,
195–96

      
Kate's relationship with,
108–9
,
144
,
147
,
198

      
as preceptor,
163

      
on publication of poems,
75

      
Stowe's visit with,
198–99

Dickinson Electronic Archives,
135

Dime Store Alchemy
(Simic),
118
,
124

“Dirks of Melody” [Fr1450],
33
,
44
,
172

dogs.
See also
Carlo (dog)

      
Boatswain,
71–72

“Dog Story: How Did the Dog Become Our Master?” (Gopnik),
71

doppelgängers,
209–10

Duchamp, Marcel,
125

Dylan, Bob,
37

Earl, father as,
67
,
68