After spending the morning crawling around Quabbin Park with the local mycologists, the afternoon found me among the more cultivated environs of the "Poetry in the Garden" event at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. Local author Todd Felton discussed the history and philosophies presented in his book "A Journey into Transcendentalists' New England" and how these influenced, despite her relative isolation, Emily Dickinson's poetry. The full text of his remarks can be found at:http://www.redroom.com/blog/robert-todd-felton/remarks-poetry-garden-event-emily-dickinson-museum
From page 136: "Her poetry sits within the broad confines of the philosophic ideals set out Ralph Waldo Emerson..." "Dickinson's subjects and language have much in common with those of Henry David Thoreau..."
From page 136: "Her poetry sits within the broad confines of the philosophic ideals set out Ralph Waldo Emerson..." "Dickinson's subjects and language have much in common with those of Henry David Thoreau..."
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