Interesting Places I've Photographed
Emily Dickinson Homestead
Amherst, MA
Topic: Literary Sites
N 42° 22.555 W 072° 30.873
Quick Description:
The house where Emily
Dickinson was born, lived all her life, wrote her poems, and died is located at
280 Main Street in Amherst, MA
Long Description:
Emily Elizabeth
Dickinson (1830-1886) lived in this house in Amherst all her life. She was born
into a prominent Massachusetts family. Her father was a lawyer and her
grandfather was one of the founders of Amherst Academy and Amherst College.
Emily attended Amherst Academy and entered nearby Mount Holyoke College Female
Seminary for one year. In her thirties she became very reclusive and spent most
her her time in her bedroom writing poetry. Nonetheless, she was well informed
by virtue of the family subscriptions to literary journals and her own
correspondence.
Emily Dickinson began writing poetry in her early twenties and and was very prolific by the time she was thirty. She eventually wrote 1800 poems. Her poems were stories in meter and rhyme drawn from everyday life. They were noted for their insight into human nature, concise style, brilliant imagery, and use of varied meter and irregular rhymes. The first book of her poetry was published in 1890, four years after her death. Publication was through the efforts of her sister Lavinia and editors Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. Emily Dickinson is among the most read, admired, and loved poets in the world of literature.
In 1963, the Home of Emily Dickinson was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Emily Dickinson began writing poetry in her early twenties and and was very prolific by the time she was thirty. She eventually wrote 1800 poems. Her poems were stories in meter and rhyme drawn from everyday life. They were noted for their insight into human nature, concise style, brilliant imagery, and use of varied meter and irregular rhymes. The first book of her poetry was published in 1890, four years after her death. Publication was through the efforts of her sister Lavinia and editors Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. Emily Dickinson is among the most read, admired, and loved poets in the world of literature.
In 1963, the Home of Emily Dickinson was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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