The author, RC Allen, is a retired humanities professor, and a veteran student of the Spanish transcendentalist poets. His experience and familiarity with archetypal discourse are now devoted to the Dickinson oeuvre. His previous books, SOLITARY PROWESS: THE TRANSCENDENTALIST POETRY OF EMILY DICKENSON (Saru Press International) and EMILY DICKENSON: ACCIDENTAL BUDDHIST (Trafford Publishing), appeared in 2005 and 2007.
