{"product_id":"a-summer-of-hummingbirds-love-art-and-scandal-in-the-intersecting-worlds-of-emily-dickinson-mark-twain-harriet-beecher-stowe-and-martin-johnson-paperback","title":"A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Benfey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe country's most noted writers, poets, and artists converge at a singular moment in American life, a great companion to fans of the film \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Passion, \u003c\/i\u003estarring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the close of the Civil War, the lives of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade intersected in an intricate map of friendship, family, and romance that marked a milestone in the development of American art and literature. Using the image of a flitting hummingbird as a metaphor for the gossamer strands that connect these larger-than-life personalities, Christopher Benfey re-creates the summer of 1882, the summer when Mabel Louise Todd-the protégé to the painter Heade-confesses her love for Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, and the players suddenly find themselves caught in the crossfire between the Calvinist world of decorum, restraint, and judgment and a new, unconventional world in which nature prevails and freedom is all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Benfey\u003c\/b\u003e is the Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College and the author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eA Summer of Hummingbirds\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.44 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ambassador Book Awards (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52091193786669,"sku":"9780143115083","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/a-summer-of-hummingbirds-love-art-and-scandal-in-the-intersecting-worlds-of-emily-dickinson-mark-twain-harriet-beecher-stowe-and-martin-johnson-paperback-9100465.webp?v=1780162397","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-summer-of-hummingbirds-love-art-and-scandal-in-the-intersecting-worlds-of-emily-dickinson-mark-twain-harriet-beecher-stowe-and-martin-johnson-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}