Month: May 2021

The museum’s text overlooks the floral imagery that Emily Dickinson used to write about her love for Susan, specifically the roses and lilies that Emily grew in the Homestead’s garden.

The museum’s text goes into detail about the extensive library that Emily Dickinson had, but does not mention the literary references from the library that she included in her letters to Susan Dickinson.

The museum’s website describes Emily Dickinson’s complicated relationship with the church, but leaves out the discussion of Emily’s preference for Susan over the church, as well as the religious references she used to describe her love for Susan.

The museum’s website does not directly describe the Homestead’s dining room, nor how Emily Dickinson dreamed of Susan Dickinson through the dining room window.

Although the museum’s website closely describes the Evergreens and its importance to the Dickinson estate as a whole, it does not explain the significance of the home to Emily Dickinson and Susan Dickinson’s relationship.

The museum’s website closely details Emily Dickinson’s famed bedroom, but ignores how Susan Dickinson’s presence in the room played a role in inspiring Emily to write the poems that made her famous.