Essays Tagged: "Amherst Massachusetts"

Emily Dickenson

the year that one of the most influential poets in the world was born. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, an old fashioned Puritan town. Rarely did she go outside to meet strangers o ... an one hour. She was greatly impacted by her father, who was a lawyer, politician, and treasurer of Amherst College. The turning point in Emily's life occurred while she was on a business trip in Wash ...

(3 pages) 194 1 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Emily Dickinson, and Death as a Theme in her Poetry

sions to Boston to see a doctor, and a few short years in school, Emily never left her home town of Amherst, Massachusetts. In the latter part of her life she rarely left her large brick house, and co ... haps increased her interest in death (Whicher 26).Dressing in white every day Dickinson was know in Amherst as, "the New England mystic," by some. Her only contact to her few friends and correspondent ...

(3 pages) 397 2 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Emily Dickinson. Speaks of her work. Includes examples of a couple of her poems and what critics thought of them. Includes also personal comments

her death Emily Dickinson showed that she was a truly dedicated writer.Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10,1830 to a prominent family, her father Edward Dickinson was bo ... r 10,1830 to a prominent family, her father Edward Dickinson was both a lawyer and the Treasurer of Amherst College. Emily's mother was Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily had one older brother, William A ...

(7 pages) 279 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Influence of Personal Experience in Emily Dickinson's poetry- literary criticism. Includes excerpts of some of her poems

None of Emily Dickinson's readers has met the woman who lived and died in Amherst, Massachusetts more than a century ago, yet most of those same readers feel as if they know ... or another, on the same aspect of her upbringing, which was religion. During her childhood, life in Amherst was based strongly upon religion and Puritan values. The distinctive Puritan virtues of simp ... it many more times than she referred to any other work... yet in this regard she was not unusual by Amherst's standards" (72). The most prominent figure of religious virtues in her life was her father ...

(9 pages) 246 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

This is a 3 page essay on Emily Dickinson. It was written for Literature of the U.S. II. In this piece I illustrate that Dickinson wrote of Love, Life, and Death.

ed a life richer than most.Thomas Wentworth Higginson received four poems enclosed in a letter from Amherst, Massachusetts. He chose not to publish them but did relay his criticism per Emily request. ...

(3 pages) 196 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Emily Dickinson.

iked to call her. Emily and her siblings were all born in the Homestead in the small, quiet town of Amherst, Massachusetts. In the 1800?s Massachusetts was quite puritanical and because of this Edward ...

(3 pages) 97 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The Life and works of Emily Dickenson.

r life, views on religion, and feelings about love.Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her father, Edward, was a lawyer, legislator, and Calvinist. He was a stern ... lf a believing Christian. She spent numerous years at a primary school and also studied classics at Amherst Academy. As a youthful teen, she lived an average and active life. This is when she began wr ...

(2 pages) 65 1 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Emily Dickenson: Central Themes

lish language, and also one of the foremost authors in American literature. She was born in 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts where she lived a very peculiar life. She hardly ever left her house and she c ...

(5 pages) 117 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Notes on Emily Dickinson's Poetry

he turmoil of Reconstruction--Dickinson lived a relatively untroubled life in her father's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she was born in 1830 and where she died in 1886. Although popular myth ... ar myth often depicts Dickinson as the solitary genius, she, in fact, remained relatively active in Amherst social circles and often entertained visitors throughout her life. However, she was certainl ...

(3 pages) 115 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Emily Dickinson

ief, the importance of humor, and musings on the significance of literature, music, and art.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson was the middle child of a prominent lawyer and one-term United Sta ... ative, Edward Dickinson, and his wife, Emily Norcross Dickinson. From 1840 to 1847 she attended the Amherst Academy, and from 1847 to 1848 she studied at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount H ...

(4 pages) 133 2 2.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

A short analyse on Emily Dickinson and her poems.

poets of American Literature. She is a 19th century American poet, was born in 10 December 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime. After her death o ...

(2 pages) 105 0 2.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The image of death in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

Emily Dickinson was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. She had lived and died there. She turned out to be a very reclusive person a ...

(3 pages) 76 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Emily Dickinson

glish language, and also one of the leading authors in American literature. She was born in 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts where she lived a very unusual life. She hardly ever left her house and she co ...

(3 pages) 35 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Emily Dickinson: Emotion Through Poetry

attered Heart", and "I Can Wade Grief".The Dickinson family was a prominent, well-to-do family from Amherst, Massachusetts. By the time that Emily and her siblings were born, they were the fourth gene ... e that Emily and her siblings were born, they were the fourth generation of the Dickinson family in Amherst. Her grandfather, Samuel Fowler Dickinson helped to found Amherst College. They were a stric ...

(11 pages) 96 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Religious Influences on Emily Dickinson: Puritanism and Transcendentalism in Her Poetry.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a prominent lawyer in Amherst and ... 30. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a prominent lawyer in Amherst and a well respected trustee of Amherst College (Blankenship 576). Emily Dickinson was educated at Amherst Academy and, for only a s ...

(6 pages) 61 0 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

A brief overview of Henry Ward Beecher.

Lincoln's presidency and is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.In 1830, Henry Ward Beecher had entered Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He had input more effort and was more active in his own c ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Emily Dickinson.

ly Dickinson was an American lyrical poet, and an obsessively private writer. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a family well known for educational and political activity. Her father, a ... ducational and political activity. Her father, an orthodox Calvinist, was a lawyer and treasurer of Amherst College, and also served in Congress. She was educated at Amherst Academy (1834-47) and Moun ...

(1 pages) 29 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Religious Influences on Emily Dickinson: Puritanism and Transcendentalism in Her Poetry

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a prominent lawyer in Amherst and ... 30. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a prominent lawyer in Amherst and a well respected trustee of Amherst College (Blankenship 576). Emily Dickinson was educated at Amherst Academy and, for only a s ...

(1 pages) 20 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Biography of Emily Dickinson and Evaluation of Style

dmire constantly at the brilliance and innovative person we know as Emily Dickinson.Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson was raised by a family that was famous for educational and politic ... tical activity. An orthodox Calvinist, her father was a lawyer and served in Congress. She attended Amherst Academy, but quit the school due to homesickness, Staying in the comfort of her own home, Di ...

(3 pages) 42 1 3.7 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Emily Dickinson

nd Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily and her two siblings, William Austin and Lavinia, were raised in Amherst, Massachusetts in a self-contained family. Her father, a very harsh man, was active in the c ... ntained family. Her father, a very harsh man, was active in the community and in the affairs of the Amherst College, which his father had helped found in 1821. Emily's mother focused her interest enti ...

(7 pages) 18 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers