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Tales from an ‘Antique Volume’ Retold by a ‘Warbling Teller:’ Emily Dickinson’s Poems on Biblical Texts

Emily Dickinson famously wrote that while “some keep the Sabbath going to church,” for most of her life she kept it “staying at Home.” But that didn’t prevent her from wrestling with the biblical texts that were the subjects of sermons across the street from the Homestead at First Congregational Church. For Emily Dickinson, the … Continue reading Tales from an ‘Antique Volume’ Retold by a ‘Warbling Teller:’ Emily Dickinson’s Poems on Biblical Texts