The Fifth Author

As with my last post (and, soon, my last post will follow), this entry will be shortened for time purposes. 

How Her Life Was

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Massachusetts. She had a fairly normal childhood, and was actually a member of one of the most notable families in the area. Her parents were both involved members of the university. 

She completed her primary schooling and then attended Amherst Academy and a seminary, but dropped out of both.

She spent almost her entire life inside of her parents house from then on. Her suspected agoraphobia became worse as the years wore on. As far as her romantic life, there were many suspected interests but she was never married and none of these suspects were ever proven.

She died of kidney disease in 1886, and it was after this that her poems were found by her sister and published by a family friend. 

How Her Life Could Have Been

Again with this author, she did not really have any traumatic events that could have been avoided if she had been born in modern times. The most notable differences actually lie in her behavior.

In her time, she was allowed to stay in her family's house and display characteristics of what we now know to be agoraphobia. She did not willingly leave her house almost ever, and was extremely reclusive. There were other famous people of her time that had even visited her house and had still not met her. In today's society, we would have recognized the agoraphobia, and seeing as her family was quite reputable, there is a good chance that they would have had her receive appropriate psychological counseling.