Who Gets Emily Dickinson?
Harvard University believes they own Emily Dickinson's copyrights. Do they? Seth Perlow delves into the scandal of the Dickinson archive.
Seth Perlow is an associate teaching professor of English at Georgetown University, where he teaches American literature and media studies. His book, The Poem Electric: Technology and the American Lyric, appeared from the University of Minnesota Press in December 2018. He edited Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons: The Corrected Centennial Edition (City Lights, 2014), which earned a Seal of Approval from the MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions. He is now working on a book about handwriting and electronics.
Harvard University believes they own Emily Dickinson's copyrights. Do they? Seth Perlow delves into the scandal of the Dickinson archive.