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This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...
that, with self-reliance. Within the context of this piece, Emerson makes a profound realization. There is no past or futu...
the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...
"behold the beauty of another character....with...vivacity....behold in another the expression of a love so high that it assures i...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...
idea genius and write on it. It is but one idea, one small part of their lives, and thus demonstrates that genius is so limited in...
what makes history. He states, in the beginning, "Of the works of this mind history is the record...Man is explicable by nothing l...
In six pages this essay considers hate speech, the burning of the American flag, and the First Amendment as these issues are portr...
In five pages the American legacies of Emerson and Hawthorne are considered in a contrast of their lives and writings. Four sourc...
In five pages this paper argues that the fictional female character Hester Prynne was 'more of a man' than were either her creator...
to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...
on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...
In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...
In five pages this paper examines individualism as it pertains to American society in a consideration of several authors perspecti...
In five pages this paper examines these writings by Emerson in terms of how they reflect his beliefs that the future should be foc...
to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...
In three pages this paper discusses how this essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson represents the glorification of nature that characterize...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Three sources are cited...
to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...
the authors speak of the present era what is most striking is the marked division between white and black perspectives. To the w...
In five pages this essay is analyzed within the context of the Persius quote used by Emerson, 'Do not search outside yourself.' T...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...
as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...
Transcendentalism was a means by which individuals could concentrate on the divinity of man and of nature. The movement was not o...
In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...
In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...
In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...
of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....