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Emily Dickinson
     Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, was born on December 10, 1830 in the small town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily was born into a wealthy and well-known family. Living with her father, mother, sister, and brother, Emily went through emotional problems as a child. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a lawyer, treasurer of Amherst College, and a member of Congress. He was an orthodox Calvinist and he raised his family to be very religious (www.online-literature.com/dickinson). On May 6, 1828, Edward married Emily Norcross (Ferlazzo 11). Emily Norcross was a housewife and she also lived very religiously. She was very depressed for most of her life, which caused distance between her and the rest of her family. The distance with her mother actually caused Emily Dickinson to write that she ?never had a mother? (www.kirjasto.sci.fi/emilydic.htm). On April 16th, 1829 Emily?s brother William Austin was born. Emily and her brother constantly competed with one another because of the fact that they were both poets.. Emily Dickinson?s younger sister, Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, was born on February 28, 1833. Lavinia took the liberty of publishing Emily?s poetry after she passed away. Emily attended school at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (Ferlazzo 11).
     1850 was the year that Emily first got her start in poetry writing. Her first poem, ?Sic Transit Gloria Mundi,? was published in the Springfield Rep... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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