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1. Emily -- Emily Dickinson
   Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After being schooled at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before retiring to her family's house, the Homestead. Throughout her adult life she rarely traveled outside of Amherst or very far from home. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room.
2. Julie Harris -- Emily Dickinson
   In this magnificent adaptation of the story of Emily Dickinson's life, Julie Harris, in her Tony Award-winning role, plays the American first woman of letters. The show offers readings from Dickinson's poems, diaries and letters along with dramatic interpretations of her often tragic life. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
3. Julie Harris -- Works
   Actress Julie Harris reads the works of Emily Dickinson. The poems and letters work together to reveal details of Dickinson's physically circumscribed but emotionally complex life. One of three children of a lawyer in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson dressed entirely in white and rarely agreed to meet visitors.
4. Pioneer Valley
   Located in western Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley is home to a number of contiguous municipalities, each providing ample activities for visitors. Hampshire County is often referred to as the Five College Area, since the region is home to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as Hampshire, Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges. In Amherst, tour the homestead of famous American author Emily Dickinson at the Emily Dickinson Museum. Outdoor recreation abounds in the Pioneer Valley and Charlemont boasts whitewater rafting, kayaking and hiking opportunities, as well as downhill skiing at the Berkshire East Ski Resort. J.A. Skinner State Park in Hadley ... attracts the adventurous as it is located atop Mount Holyoke and is an ideal place to picnic and hike.
5. Helen Hunt -- Mother
   Helen was born into a pious, scholarly household on October 15, 1831, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was a high-spirited, strong-willed, fun-loving child in spite of her Calvinist environment. Although opposite in temperament, Jackson and Emily Dickinson formed a friendship in childhood that would last throughout their lives. Her mother died of tuberculosis when Jackson was 12, and her inflexible father, a minister and professor at Amherst College, died three years later. She enrolled at the Abbott School in New York City and earned a reputation as a scholar. When she was 21, she married Captain Edward Hunt, a West Point graduate.
6. Seven Sisters -- Barnard College
   The female equivalent of the once predominantly male Ivy League, the Seven Sisters originated in 1915, when Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Smith, and Wellesley colleges held a conference to discuss fund-raising strategies. This historic meeting led to additional conferences over the next decade, at Bryn Mawr, Barnard, and Radcliffe. By 1927 these seven elite women’s colleges were known as the Seven Sisters and over the years have continued to meet to discuss issues of common concern, such as institutional goals, admissions, financial aid, and curriculum matters.
7. George Eliot -- Daniel Deronda
   In "Daniel Deronda" the cheerless philosophy of George Eliot is fully brought out. Mordecai, in his obscure and humble life, is a good representative of a patient sufferer, but "in his views and aspirations is a sort of Jewish Mazzini." The hero of the story is Mordecai's disciple, who has discovered his Hebrew origin, of which he is as proud as his aristocratic mother is ashamed The heroine is a spoiled woman of fashion, who makes the usual mistake of most of George Eliot's heroines, in violating conscience and duty. She marries a man whom she knows to be inherently depraved and selfish; marries him for his money, and pays the usual penalty,--a life of silent wretchedness and secret sorrow and unavailing regret. But she is at last fortunately delivered by the accidental death of her detested husband,--by drowning, of course. Remorse in seeing her murderous wishes accomplished--though not by her own hand, but by pursuing fate--awakens a new life in her soul, and she is redeemed amid the throes of anguish and conscious guilt.
8. Ballads -- Poems
   Ballads are poems that tell a story. They are considered to be a form of narrative poetry. They are often used in songs and have a very musical quality to them.
9. Angelina Jolie -- Appearing
   Angelina Jolie might have reconciled with her father. It’s being reported that Angelina called her father for Christmas and they spoke briefly for the first time in many years and both hope to be on their way to repairing their relationship.
10. American Poetry -- United States
    A penchant for satire continued in the American Revolutionary era, when American poetry was centered on Connecticut and a group of poets known as the Connecticut Wits (or Hartford Wits). This group, most of whose members were associated with Yale University, included David Humphreys, John Trumbull, and Joel Barlow. Along with other writers they produced The Anarchiad (1786-1787), a mock epic poem warning against the chaos that would ensue if a strong central government, as advocated by the Federalists, was not implemented in the United States. American poets used the British literary model of the mock epic as a tool to satirize and criticize British culture. Trumbull’s mock epic M’Fingal (1775-1782) lampooned the British Loyalists during the Revolution.

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