/lit/ - Literature

Read through a selection of her poetry and didn't understand a fucking thing. have I been memed?or am I just a brainlet.

No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one

You cannot prick with saw,
Nor rend with scymitar.
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, and one will flee.

The eagle of his nest
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than mayest thou,

Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty.

>Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom
>Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence.

Was Emily Dickinson the original NEET incel author?

What's supposedly so good about this bitch? I've tried several times to get into her and can't. Her work seems smug and merely cerebral, without other components. Give me a key to help me see the value of her work if you can. Or tell me why you hate her if you do.

Also, unrelated but didn't she sperg out on her brother for having an affair with a married woman even though she made a habit of doing the same thing? Sounds like she could have used a swift punch to the dome.

>>11071996
emily dickinson was way more offensive, especially for her time, and you know that bitch was abused somewhere along the line.

>at her low gate
>an emperor be kneeling

bitch was boastful

>>11065596

wtf women can write after all

>>10929984
frig off

Hello /lit/. I'm an undergrad English major in my last semester at University. For my women's lit class, our final project has us finding a woman writer who has been "forgotten by time". To give context, a lot of the female writers of the 19th century came to the public eye because their works were discovered and re-published (or sometimes being published for the first time) much later in the 20th century. So I need to find a writer who hasn't been re-discovered and who has at least a little bit of biographical information (at least enough to do a brief presentation on). Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

>>10468771

What's everyone's favorite Emily Dickinson poem?
I really like "The brain is wider than the sky".
Do you know it?

>>10368394

thoughts on emily dickinson?

>Emily Dickinson is actually considered to be part of the western canon
>Her incredibly amateur juvenile poetry is seriously listed in the same breath as Shakespeare and Cervantes

How do you explain this /lit/? How did this happen?

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