Breakdown in Emily Dickinsons Poem 280

Seminar paper from the year 1995 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Introduction to Literature Part 2, language: English, abstract: This paper is a discussion of mental breakdown and its consequences on the lyrical self in Emily Dickinson's poem #280. It investigates the nature of the breakdown described in the poem as well a...