Concetti Chiave
- Puritanism grounded Emily Dickinson in her faith, while Transcendentalism encouraged her to explore new beliefs and personal creativity.
- Transcendentalism, led by figures like Emerson and Thoreau, emphasized finding a personal connection to the universe through nature and solitude.
- Dickinson's poetry is noted for its innovative style, including dashes, capitalization, unusual rhymes, and meters, setting her apart in 19th-century American literature.
- Her work significantly influenced modern poetry, particularly through her ability to transform negative moods into metaphors about death and immortality.
- Poem 712, "Because I could not stop for death," exemplifies Dickinson's unique approach to themes of mortality.
Puritanism And Trascendentalism
Puritanism and Transcendentalism had a great influence on Emily Dickinson’s poetry; on the one hand, Puritanism allowed her to remain grounded in her faith in God, on the other, Transcendentalism helped her to explore “ new frontiers” in her faith and beliefs and to develop her personality and creativity. (Transcendentalism was an American literary, political and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Another important transcendentalist was Henry David Thoreau. They were critics of their contemporary society and urged that each person find, in Emerson’s words, “an original relation to the universe “. Emerson and Thoreau sought this relation in solitude among nature, and in their writing). Dickinson’s work has had a considerable influence on modern poetry. Her unconventional style with frequent use of dashes, capitalization of nouns, unusual rhymes and meters and original metaphors have contributed to her reputationas one of the most innovative poets of 19th – century American literature. She had a special ability to capture negative moods and transform them into a metaphor for her concern about death and immortality. A good example of this is given by poem 712, ”Because I could not stop for death” .
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