Emily Dickinson Greenleaf Analysis
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[Professor]
American Literature Period 2
08 May 2013
When Death Takes Over
Originality can bring forth different styles and movements that can introduce new perspectives. Emily Dickinson and Flannery O’Connor bring their own ingeniousness through their most beloved works. The poem “There is a Certain Slant of Light” and the short story “Greenleaf” are prime examples of the authors’ brilliance. Dickinson and O’Connor lived in eras where their works demonstrated original thoughts, where they pertained a level of knowledge ahead of their time, and where family trials were predominate facets in their lives; therefore, the poems and short stories they created were greatly influenced by the impact of death. The era in which nineteenth century literature rebels against the previous classical age is called Romanticism. The writers in this age branched out of their comfort zones and wrote stories that were inspired by their “imagination, emotion, and freedom” (Cuddon 1). Revolutionizing the way authors write, the Romantic writers were witnessing how their works’ defiance against the “Age of Realism” was getting more attention and praise from people. The American authors of the Romanticism era admire nature as a holy place of “non – artificiality, …show more content…
Dickinson lived a simple childhood but as her years went by, she grew more confined. Her father died in the year 1874 and after this tragedy she hardly left her home. For the lest ten years of her life she never left her house, staying within familiar surroundings and spending countless times in her beloved garden. In the year 1886, Dickinson died of an illness that she had been fighting for two years. Dickinson was found dead in the same house that she was born in (Feldman, Vaughan, Kinsella
[Professor]
American Literature Period 2
08 May 2013
When Death Takes Over
Originality can bring forth different styles and movements that can introduce new perspectives. Emily Dickinson and Flannery O’Connor bring their own ingeniousness through their most beloved works. The poem “There is a Certain Slant of Light” and the short story “Greenleaf” are prime examples of the authors’ brilliance. Dickinson and O’Connor lived in eras where their works demonstrated original thoughts, where they pertained a level of knowledge ahead of their time, and where family trials were predominate facets in their lives; therefore, the poems and short stories they created were greatly influenced by the impact of death. The era in which nineteenth century literature rebels against the previous classical age is called Romanticism. The writers in this age branched out of their comfort zones and wrote stories that were inspired by their “imagination, emotion, and freedom” (Cuddon 1). Revolutionizing the way authors write, the Romantic writers were witnessing how their works’ defiance against the “Age of Realism” was getting more attention and praise from people. The American authors of the Romanticism era admire nature as a holy place of “non – artificiality, …show more content…
Dickinson lived a simple childhood but as her years went by, she grew more confined. Her father died in the year 1874 and after this tragedy she hardly left her home. For the lest ten years of her life she never left her house, staying within familiar surroundings and spending countless times in her beloved garden. In the year 1886, Dickinson died of an illness that she had been fighting for two years. Dickinson was found dead in the same house that she was born in (Feldman, Vaughan, Kinsella