Emily Dickinson


Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid
1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and
she alone decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She like many of
her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in life and adopted the
new transcendental outlook.
Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in, before the
transcendental period was the epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the
puritans, the feeling of the avenging had never left the people. After all of
the "Great Awakenings" and religious revivals the people of New England began to
question the old ways. What used to be the focal point of all lives was now
under speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in
life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that answers lie in the
individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, "Whoso would be a......

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Title: Emily Dickinson
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