Communism In Emily Dickinson's Civil War

The nineteenth century saw a political, social, and artistic movement toward liberalism and romanticism. Dickinson's New England was bombarded with reforms, which include abolition of slavery and women's suffrage, but "not one of these crusades ever enlisted Emily Dickinson's energies" (Gifford 14). Even the devastating Civil War produced little direct inspiration for her work, as she "refused to join the Union march" or "make bandages" (Gifford 15). This was the reason critics glossed over the Civil War when analyzing Dickinson's poems, it had been believed she did not care about it. Yet, in the 1980's three poems of Dickinson's were discovered in a newspaper for the Union cause. While it could have been written off as Sue published them without