PERCEPTION OF ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN EMILY DICKINSON’S POETRY

Abstract

Romanticism, the special term in literature has been used to refer to certain artists, poets, writers, musicians, as well as political, philosophical, and social thinkers of the XVIII and early to mid XIX centuries. It has equally been used to refer to various artistic, intellectual, and social trend of the era. A precise characterization and specific definition of Romanticism has been the subject of debate in the fields of intellectual history and literary history throughout the XX century, without any great measure of consensus emerging. The romantic impulse played a major role in the mid-nineteenth century blossoming of American literature and art that has been called the American Renaissance.