A Snapshot of An American Poet

Emily Dickinson 一生没有传奇，虽然最近有网剧*在同性恋上给她大做文章。现实里的她，史实里的她，生活朴素，不婚不育。跟她朝夕相对，令她魂牵梦萦的就只有缪斯。

 

我们美国人，不论是土生土长还是移民，初读狄金逊的诗，可能不解。解惑其实也不难，只要对她的时代，尤其是对內战年间的沧桑变幻有所掌握的话，就一定可以跟这位新英格兰姑娘气息相通的。

 

*Dickinson, an Apple series (2019), 3 seasons, 30 episodes. I came away with the impression that Emily Dickinson was half George Sand and half Jane Austen. That said, she was a full-blooded Yankee rebel with a feminist cause, deadpan funny at times.