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艾蜜莉狄更生
Emily Dickinson: A Quiet Life

Emily Dickinson is one of America's greatest poets. Born in 1830, she was inspired by the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and began to write poetry in 1850. Concerned with the themes of love, death and self, Dickinson was prolific, writing over 1,800 short lyrical verses. However, despite interest from publishers, Dickinson only agreed to have seven of her poems published in her lifetime.
There is much speculation over the events of Dickinson's life. She lived quietly in a small town in Massachusetts, and rarely had visitors. After her death in 1886, Dickinson's sister burned all of her letters at her request, leaving no trace of events that might interest scholars today. Fortunately, however, her poems were spared: Over a thousand were found in her bureau and published posthumously.
艾蜜莉狄更生是美國最偉大的詩人之一。出生於1830年的她，受到雷夫華度愛默生作品的啟發，從1850年便開始寫詩。狄更生的詩作大多著墨在愛情、死亡及自我的主題上，她創作產量相當豐富，共寫了1800多首抒情短詩。然而，儘管出版商表現高度的興趣，狄更生在生前只同意發表七首詩作。
外界對狄更生的生平事蹟有諸多揣測。她靜靜住在麻州的一座小鎮裡，鮮有訪客光臨。她在1886年過世後，她的姊妹應其要求，燒毀她所有的信件，以致今日對她生平有興趣的學者，都沒有蛛絲馬跡可循。不過還好她的詩作被保留下來了：在她書桌裡有千首以上的詩作被找出，並於她死後出版問世。