哥特式的创作手法在文学中主要运用于小说的创作,这在西欧有悠久的传统。而艾米莉·狄金森却尝试将哥特手法大量运用于诗歌创作,这成了文学史上的一个奇观。狄金森诗歌无论是在题材选择、意象语言,还是修辞方法等方面都充满了哥特气质,从而用另类的哥特艺术风格营造了一种既令人恐惧,又能给人美感的氛围,使人在此中得到灵魂净化的审美效果。 Gothic style of writing is mainly used in the creation of novels in literature, which has a long tradition in Western Europe. Emily Dickinson, however, attempted to apply Gothic techniques extensively to poetry, which became a miracle in the history of literature. Dickinson’s poetry is full of Gothic temperament both in theme choice, image language and rhetorical method, so as to create a kind of terrifying and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere with alternative Gothic art style. Here, people get the aesthetic effect of purifying the soul.