TAM OSHET EB FERHELL (1976) - a play about Emily Dickinson
RAST ER BRACE STAMSHINE HEFLABIA - a poem by Emily Dickinson
LUP ON YEERMACFEL- a collection of letters to Susan Dickinson
A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK - a poem by Emily Dickinson
A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK
SUCCESS IS COUNTED SWEETEST - a poem by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was one of America's best-known authors. She wrote on issues important to humans - love, pain, death, war and God. In her work she expressed the importance of laughter and her thoughts on literature, music and art.
She was born in Amherst, Mass. in 1830 and lived in the same house most of her life. She was the second of three children born to Edward and Emily Dickinson. Her father, Edward was a lawyer and for a while he was a congressional representative. Emily studied at Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847 and at Mount Holyoke Seminary (which is now Mount Holyoke College) in South Hadley.
Although she wrote nearly 2,000 poems only around 10 of them were published in newspapers, journals and a poetry anthology. It is said that she self-published much of her work, in that she sent it out to her family and friends.
Emily is purported as being shy and reclusive but this is not so; she was described that way by her editors who stereotyped her with 19th century women writers. Whatever didn't agree with that was downplayed.
She never married; although she socialized a lot in her twenties and thirties she became very particular about who she associated with, as she grew older. Correspondents such as Higgonson and an editor named Samuel Bowles were thought to be her literary guides, but there's nothing to prove they influenced her work.
Her sister-in-law, Susan Dickinson played a big part in her life and work. They lived next door to each other for more than 35 years and had a lot in common. They shared their love of literature, music, cooking and gardening. Emily sent her more than 400 poems and letters - much more than to anyone else. Susan was the only person who could talk Emily into making any changes to her poems.
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