/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19068474]

>When she was eighteen, Dickinson's family befriended a young attorney by the name of Benjamin Franklin Newton. According to a letter written by Dickinson after Newton's death, he had been "with my Father two years, before going to Worcester – in pursuing his studies, and was much in our family."[41] Although their relationship was probably not romantic, Newton was a formative influence and would become the second in a series of older men (after Humphrey) that Dickinson referred to, variously, as her tutor, preceptor or master.[42]
>Newton likely introduced her to the writings of William Wordsworth, and his gift to her of Ralph Waldo Emerson's first book of collected poems had a liberating effect. She wrote later that he, "whose name my Father's Law Student taught me, has touched the secret Spring".[43] Newton held her in high regard, believing in and recognizing her as a poet. When he was dying of tuberculosis, he wrote to her, saying he would like to live until she achieved the greatness he foresaw.[43] Biographers believe that Dickinson's statement of 1862—"When a little Girl, I had a friend, who taught me Immortality – but venturing too near, himself – he never returned"—refers to Newton.[44]

[Anonymous No.19068500]

>>19068474
Good
In case of a fulfilled love there would have been no Emily Dickinson, just another pathetic house wife with an interest in art.

[Anonymous No.19068530]

>>19068500
> fame matters more than love
she's dust now. nothing remains. she could have had deep love but instead she has your useless praise echoing through the void.
I say don't waste your life. The crowd had nothing to offer besides their money. Their opinions are worth less than nothing

[Anonymous No.19068536]

>>19068530
>fame
Try greatness as an artist.

[Anonymous No.19068546]

>>19068536
Greatness as an artist wouldn't require anyone to know about the work. This women is famous.
Also, love is an art. Relationships are an art

[Anonymous No.19068556]

>>19068546
>Also, love is an art. Relationships are an art
Not really, no.

[Anonymous No.19068604]

>>19068474
>tfw you will never inspire someone as profoundly as he did
>tfw you will never have such a crucial guardian as she did
>tfw he couldn't live to see her become one of America's finest poets.

[Anonymous No.19068844]

>>19068530
I think you're absolutely correct; nonetheless, like moths to the flame....
Sewell's biography is still the best, sad that other than her great intelligence she had a relatively normal childhood with dreams of love and suchlike until whatever happened happened and she recluded herself in her twenties. Think the Civil War massively inspired her yet there's very little about it in her poetry, and, other than dead soldiers being brought back to Amherst, very little in her letters as well

[Anonymous No.19069514]

>>19068546
>love is an art
no, but seduction used to be