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July 29

Definition of the word "similetic"

What does the word "similetic" mean? I came across it in the summary of the book Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination on the Cambridge University Press website and I'm not finding a definition online. Here is the word in context:

"It argues that religious myths and symbols, from the sun-god to the open tomb, are essential to understanding the similetic movement of Dickinson's poetry..."

https://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/literature/american-literature/emily-dickinson-and-religious-imagination?format=HB

Relating to similes. --Amble (talk) 18:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! 72.142.87.226 (talk) 19:06, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]