2598 Emily Dickinson - The daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847, the only authenticated portrait of Emily Dickinson later than childhood. |
Unrecognized in her own time, the reclusive Emily Dickinson is now almost universally considered one of the most significant of all American poets, being highly appreciated for her unusual use of form and syntax. He was born at the family's homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830, and died 55 years later, on May 15, 1886, in the same house. Although part of a prominent, but not wealthy, family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted.
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