
18: The Enigma of Emily Dickinson (Part 1)
Creative Codex
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Emily's Life
During Brontë's formative years, a woman was discouraged from pursuing anything like a creative career. In Letters to a Young Lady, Reverend John Bennett warns women not to write anything loftier than letters. The most fertile loophole in the minister's advice leaves his dear young lady free to engage in one kind of writing. A man attends to the niceties of grammar. Emily erodized Daisy turning her petals towards the man of noon. Not the minister's idea, for sure.
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