📘 Religion Around Emily Dickinson, although her name appears in the title, is not simply a book "about" Emily Dickinson. Instead, Religion Around Emily Dickinson tries to answer a two-sided question: do we gain a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century religion if we view it through the lens of Emily Dickinson's poetry, and do we gain a fresh perspective on Dickinson as a writer if we view her through the pivotal issues confronting religion in nineteenth-century America?