山东财经大学外国语学院美国文学史课件 Chapter3（7）.pptVIP

III.7.Emily Dickinson The Focus of Study : Life Experience Literary Career Point of View Writing Style Poetry：four categories Significance Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) “Nun of Amherst” Greatest American woman poet. Pivotal between the Puritans and the moderns. Life Experience Literary Career 1830, born in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1834-48, educated at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. 1850-53, encouraged by Benjamin Newton to write. 1854, Charles Wadsworth provided her with intellectual challenge and contact with outside. 1862, started her life long correspondence and