The Life of Emily Dickens

A detailed Summary of The Life of Emily Dickens

Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New

England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the

rest of the family had become Christians and she alone

decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She

like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional

views in life and adopted the new transcendental outlook.

Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and

raised in, before the transcendental period was the

epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans,

the feeling of the avenging had never left the people.

After all of the "Great Awakenings" and religious revivals

the people of New England began to question the old ways.

What used to be the focal point of all lives was now under

speculation and often doubted. People began to search for

new meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau

believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set

the tone for the era when he said, "Whoso would be a

[hu]man, must be a non-conformist." Emily Dickinson

believed and practiced this philosophy.

When she was young she was brought up by a stern and

austere father. In her childhood she was shy and already

reflect this sense of rebellion and revolution against

been hindered since childhood worsened.

With an orchard for a dome.

Ecstatically leap,-

were love, religion, individuality and nature. When

intense energy and complexity never seen before and rarely

nor with a stone;

Approximate Word count = 1919
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

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