James R. Guthrie
A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and LawISBN: 978-1-62534-113-6
Born into a family of attorneys, Dickinson America Dickinson Dickinson cited the Spartans’ defense at Thermopylae as an object lesson demonstrating why societies should uphold the rule of law.
Yet Dickinson Dickinson
A Kiss from Thermopylae reveals a new dimension of Dickinson
Acknowledgments
Introduction. A Climate of Law
1. Delinquent Palaces
Introduction. A Climate of Law
1. Delinquent Palaces
Bankruptcy
2. Nor Here nor There
2. Nor Here nor There
Equity
3. Seals, Signs, and Rings
Contracts
4. Lands with Locks
3. Seals, Signs, and Rings
Contracts
4. Lands with Locks
Property
5. Has All a Codicil?
Estates and Trusts
6. Felonies, Trials, and Transcendental Prisons
Crime and Punishment
7. A Kiss fromThermopylae
The Rule of Law
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Poems
Index
5. Has All a Codicil?
Estates and Trusts
6. Felonies, Trials, and Transcendental Prisons
Crime and Punishment
7. A Kiss from
The Rule of Law
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Poems
Index
James R. Guthrieis professor of English at
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)