Dickinson

The works of ...

... EMILY DICKINSON

*Publication details of The Brain - is wider than the Sky* -:**	Appeared in the volume Complete Poems, which was published by Martha Dickinson Bianchi (Emily's sister-in-law's daughter) in 1924 after the poet's death.
Other literary works include:	Poems by Emily Dickinson (1890). The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime (1914). Bolts of Melody: New Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960).

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Born:

10th December, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

Early years:

Emily Dickinson was the second daughter of Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She was raised in the Christian tradition in a quiet, reserved family, headed by her authoritative father.

Schooling:

She graduated from the Amherst Academy, and in1847-48 she studied under Mary Lyons at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.

Career:

Dickinson began to write seriously after 1850. In the meantime she increasingly withdrew from public view, participating in commencement receptions, but little else after the early 1860's. Despite her withdrawal, she maintained correspondence with a wide community of friends and associates, including Helen Hunt Jackson. During her rare journeys Dickinson met two very influential men that would be sources of inspiration and guidance: Charles Wadsworth and Thomas Higginson. Many of her critics believe that Wadsworth was the focal point of Emily's love poems.

Final years:

The later years of Dickinson's life were primarily spent in mourning because of several deaths within a few years. This gave rise to a more concentrated obsession with death in her poetry. On 14th June, 1884 Emily's poetic work began to come to a stop when she suffered the first attack of a terminal illness. Throughout 1885, Emily was confined to bed. She left behind over 2,000 poems.

Died:

Dickinson died on 15th of March, 1886, of Bright's disease.

Born:	10th December, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Early years:	Emily Dickinson was the second daughter of Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She was raised in the Christian tradition in a quiet, reserved family, headed by her authoritative father.
Schooling:	She graduated from the Amherst Academy, and in1847-48 she studied under Mary Lyons at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
Career:	Dickinson began to write seriously after 1850. In the meantime she increasingly withdrew from public view, participating in commencement receptions, but little else after the early 1860's. Despite her withdrawal, she maintained correspondence with a wide community of friends and associates, including Helen Hunt Jackson. During her rare journeys Dickinson met two very influential men that would be sources of inspiration and guidance: Charles Wadsworth and Thomas Higginson. Many of her critics believe that Wadsworth was the focal point of Emily's love poems.
Final years:	The later years of Dickinson's life were primarily spent in mourning because of several deaths within a few years. This gave rise to a more concentrated obsession with death in her poetry. On 14th June, 1884 Emily's poetic work began to come to a stop when she suffered the first attack of a terminal illness. Throughout 1885, Emily was confined to bed. She left behind over 2,000 poems.
Died:	Dickinson died on 15th of March, 1886, of Bright's disease.