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Emily Dickinson The Poet, The Person Emily’s Childhood • Born 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts • She did not believe in God. ~ “they thought it queer that I didn’t rise… I thought a lie would be queerer.” • Her bedroom overlooked a cemetery where she saw local people buried daily. The Poetry • Criticized for “rough rhythms and imperfect rhymes.” (Higginson) – Refused to alter her style and, consequently, did not publish in life. • Influenced by John Keats • In love with a married man! Emily the Recluse • Refused to appear in public for adults, but kept in close contact with neighborhood children • Wrote and read continuously • Died alone of illness (1886). “called back” Where is Emily? American Literary History Naturalism 1900’s Romanticism 1800’s Colorful Language Nature Decorative, Flowery Agnostic Dark Man loses control in face of nature Emily among her Peers Mark Twain Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson Nathaniel Hawthorne Let’s See the Work! The soul selects her own Society— Then— shuts the Door— To her divine Majority— Present no more— Unmoved— she notes the Chariots-pausingAt her low Gate— Unmoved— an Emperor be kneeling Upon Her Mat— 5 I’ve known her— from an ample nation— Choose One— 10 Then—close the Valves of her attention— Like Stone— Interior with a Seated Woman By Vilhelm Hammershoi (1908)
