Editing Emily Dickinson (section)

== Modern influence and inspiration ==
[[File:DickinsonTheHague2.jpg|thumb|"Yesterday is History" as a wall poem in The Hague (2016)]]
Emily Dickinson's life and works have been the source of inspiration to artists, particularly to [[feminist]]-oriented artists, of a variety of mediums. A few notable examples are:
* The feminist artwork ''[[The Dinner Party]]'', by [[Judy Chicago]], first exhibited in 1979, features a place setting for Dickinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings|title=Brooklyn Museum: Place Settings|website=Brooklynmuseum.org|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/tour_and_home/ |title=Tour and Home |publisher=Brooklyn Museum |date=March 14, 1979 |access-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref>
* In [[William Styron]]'s 1979 novel ''[[Sophie's Choice (novel)|Sophie's Choice]]'', and later in [[Sophie's Choice (film)|the film of the same name]] directed by [[Alan J. Pakula]], the poems of Emily Dickinson hold an important place. The final line of the book, as well as in the movie, is borrowed from Emily's poem "Ample Make This Bed".
* [[Jane Campion]]'s film ''[[The Piano (film)|The Piano]]'' and its novelization (co-authored by [[Kate Pullinger]]) were inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson as well as the novels by the [[Brontë family|Brontë sisters]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Davis Langdell|first=Cheri|title=Pain of Silence|journal=The Emily Dickinson Journal|year=1996|volume=5|issue=2|pages=197–201|doi=10.1353/edj.0.0145|s2cid=170194843|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/edj/summary/v005/5.2.langdell.html|access-date=August 21, 2013}}</ref>
* A character who is a literary scholar at a fictional New England college in the comic [[campus novel]] by [[Pamela Hansford Johnson]] ''Night and Silence Who Is Here?''<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Books: Midsummer Night's Waking |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870301,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=July 26, 1963 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> is intent on proving that Emily Dickinson was a secret [[dipsomaniac]]. His obsession costs him his job.
* The 2012 book ''The Emily Dickinson Reader'' by [[Paul Legault]] is an English-to-English translation of her complete poems published by [[McSweeney's]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Alexandra |last=Socarides |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/for-emily-wherever-i-may-find-her-on-paul-legaults-emily-dickinson |title=For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her: On Paul Legault's Emily Dickinson|date=October 23, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>
* Dickinson's work has been set by numerous composers including [[Aaron Copland]],<ref>{{cite journal|jstor = 737679|title = Emily Dickinson and Music|journal = Music & Letters|volume = 75|issue = 2|pages = 241–245|last1 = Dickinson|first1 = Peter|year = 1994|doi = 10.1093/ml/75.2.241}}</ref> [[Samuel Barber]], [[Chester Biscardi]], [[Elliot Carter]], [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]], John Clement Adams,<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1991 |title=New life for some neglected works |pages=13 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108147268/new-life-for-some-neglected-works/ |access-date=October 19, 2022}}</ref> [[Libby Larsen]], [[Marjorie Rusche]], [[Peter Seabourne]], [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], and [[Judith Weir]].<ref>Cunningham, Valentine (October 19, 2002). [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/oct/19/classicalmusicandopera.poetry "The Sound of Startled Grass."] ''[[The Guardian]]'' (TheGuardian.com). Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strickland |first=Georgiana |date=2019 |title=Emily Dickinson in Song: A Discography, 1925–2019 |url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/objects/hc:28402/datastreams/CONTENT/content |access-date=October 23, 2022 |website=hcommons.org}}</ref> Her composer cousin [[Clarence Dickinson]] set his first songs to six of her poems in 1898.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dickinson |first=Clarence |date=June 9, 2008 |title=From the Dickinson Collection: Reminiscences by Clarence Dickinson, Part 1: 1873–1898 |url=https://www.thediapason.com/content/dickinson-collection-reminiscences-clarence-dickinson-part-1-1873-1898 |journal=[[The Diapason]]}}</ref>
* A public garden is named in her honor in Paris: [[:fr:Square Emily-Dickinson|'square Emily-Dickinson']], in the [[20th arrondissement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Square Emily Dickinson – Equipements|url=https://www.paris.fr/equipements/square-emily-dickinson-2709|website=www.paris.fr|access-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref>
* Jazz saxophonist [[Jane Ira Bloom]] released the 2017 double album ''[[Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson]]'' inspired by the poet's works.<ref name="AAJ">{{cite web |last1=Farbey |first1=Roger |title=Jane Ira Bloom: Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson album review @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/wild-lines-improvising-emily-dickinson-jane-ira-bloom-outline-review-by-roger-farbey.php |website=[[All About Jazz]] |access-date=July 27, 2020 |date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Terence Davies]] directed and wrote ''[[A Quiet Passion]]'', a 2016 biographical film about the life of Dickinson. The film stars [[Cynthia Nixon]] as the reclusive poet. The film premiered at the [[66th Berlin International Film Festival]] in February 2016 and was released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2017.
* ''[[Wild Nights with Emily]]'', a 2018 American romantic comedy film written and directed by [[Madeleine Olnek]]. The film is based on actual events from Dickinson's life.
* ''[[Dickinson (TV series)|Dickinson]]'' is a TV series starring [[Hailee Steinfeld]] as Emily Dickinson and premiered in 2019 on [[Apple TV+]]. The series focused on Dickinson's life.
* American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]], who is a distant cousin of Dickinson,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chasan |first=Aliza |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Ancestry Reveals Taylor Swift Is Related to American Poet Emily Dickinson |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-emily-dickinson-distant-cousins/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314013613/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-emily-dickinson-distant-cousins/ |url-status=live }}</ref> described a category of her lyrics and songwriting, affectionally titled "quill pen songs", that are in part inspired by the likes of Dickinson. She stated, "if my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson's great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that's me writing in the Quill genre. I will give you an example from one of my songs ['[[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|Ivy]]'] I'd categorize as Quill."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/taylor-swift-nashville-songwriter-awards-full-speech-1235142144/ |title=Taylor Swift Accepts Songwriter-Artist of the Decade Honor at Nashville Songwriter Awards: Read Her Full Speech |magazine=Billboard |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 29, 2023}}</ref> The aforementioned song, "Ivy", was used in an episode of the Apple TV+ series, ''Dickinson'' (see above).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/taylor-swift-ivy-dickinson-apple-show-explained-1235065287/ |title='Dickinson' Boss on How That Taylor Swift Song Ended Up in Apple TV+ Series |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 20, 2021 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>