Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830–1886) is a staple of American literature and culture. However, her life was one of seclusion and eccentricities that prevented her from being recognized in her lifetime.
Her work didn't become public until 1809- four years after Dickinson’s death, when her sister, Lavinia, discovered forty handbound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems in Dickinson's room. Now, Emily Dickinson is known as an innovative, proto-modernist poet whose work remains a crucial part of literature classes across the united states. Her family home, the Evergreens, was purchased by Amhurst college and now stands as a museum to Dickinson's life and accomplishments.
To learn more about this esteemed author, visit the link above or check out her Wikipedia Page.
The poems in this episode are In a Library, Secret, The Lonely House, A Book, and The Chariot.
