Emily Dickinson born in 1830 died in 1886 of Bright's Disease. Emily was brought up in a very puritanical religious environment. Emily attended school at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Emily’s grandfather was the founder of Amherst College, also her father and two brothers served as the College Treasurer and Trustee. Emily’s mother loved her and claimed her affection, but never her whole-hearted respect. According to folk tales Emily had a fascinating childhood and then suffered a romantic depression which withdrawled her from society. Her only outside contact with her close friends was by letters. Throughout the rest of Emily’s life she secretly wrote
poetry of a profound nature. Emily would watch the life of the town from her upstairs window; this is where she created some of her poems. Throughout Emily’s lifetime she wrote over two thousand poems, but only seven were published while she was alive. The first book was published after Emily’s death, "Poems"(1890) consisting of 125 short poems, edited by Emily’s friends Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. Emily’s sister, Lavinia, persuaded editors to publish the rest of Emily’s work, which resulted in, "Poems: Second Series"(1891), "Poems: Third Series"(1896), "The Single Hound"(1914), "Further Poems"(1929), and "Bolts and Melody"(1945). Later on some of Emily’s correspondence were published in "Letters of Emily Dickinson"(1931).