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Emily Dickinson was an American lyrical poet. Dickinson was an obsessively private person who devoted her self in secret to writing. She has often been referred to as a writer before her time. Her work was completely original, stemming from much of her own personal experiences. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830 (McNeil, xii). She was the second child of Edward Dickinson, a prominent lawyer, and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily Dickinson had an older brother, Austin, and a younger sister, Lavinia. The children were raised as Christians in the Puritan religion (Rogers, 49). This Puritan upbringing had a great influence on much of Dickinson’s works. At the age of 17, Emily was sent to the Holyoke Female Seminary.
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