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Essay Archive - Emily Dickinson
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. Af....
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