Which U.S. Poet was known as the Nun of Amherst?
The Belle of Amherst the Uruguayan actress made a triumphant comeback to her country after 10 years of proscription for political reasons. The Belle of Amherst The Belle of Amherst is a one-woman play by William Luce. Based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson from 1830 to 1886, and set in her Amherst, Massachusetts home, the 1976 play makes use of her work, diaries, and letters to recollect her encounters with the significant people in her life – family, close friends, and acquaintances. It balances the agony of her seclusion with the brief bright moments when she was able to experience some joy.
Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet) fossil collector and maintained an active correspondence on the subject both before and after her marriage. Her poetry, described as "sprightly" (Greer et al. 179), would seem to have circulated mainly in manuscript, though a few poems were printed anonymously in the 1760s. They are mainly known, however, from the Bodleian manuscript, "The Whims of E.A. afterwards Mrs. Thomas." Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet) Elizabeth Frances Amherst ( – 1779), poet and amateur naturalist, remained largely unpublished during her lifetime. She was born to Elizabeth Kerrill and Jeffrey Amherst (1677–1750) of Kent, one of two girls and seven boys. She married