An Eye for an Eye: Dickinson’s Vision and Emerson’s Visuality.

The article "An Eye for an Eye: Dickinson’s Vision and Emerson’s Visuality" explores the relationship between Ralph Waldo Emerson's transcendentalist ideas and Emily Dickinson's embodied visual experiences of nature. While Emerson's concept of the transparent eyeball symbolizes a union with nature and individual autonomy, Dickinson's poetry challenges this notion by focusing on personal encounters with nature. The article delves into how gender roles and imperialist ideology influenced their distinct perspectives on nature, highlighting Dickinson's critique of masculine dominance in American Romanticism. Through a comparison of visuality and vision, the article sheds light on the divergent approaches of Emerson and Dickinson towards nature and self-expression. [Extracted from the article]