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Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's and Walt Whitman's Transcendentalism

disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...

Comparative Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837" (Anonymous Henry D(avid) Thoreau (1817-1862) thoreau....

Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...

How Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Define 'Self Reliance'

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

Self Reliance and the Philosophies of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Their Geniu

In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman and Hinduism's Influence

occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

Internal Reflection and External Expression in the Works of Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau

In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...

Social Inequities According to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Transcendentalism

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

Transcendental Abstracts

that is, rather than a creature called "Man" who had to do everything, Man became priest, scholar, farmer, and so on (Emerson). Th...

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Concept of Time

was even just 7 years ago. In this he clearly accepts the fact that for a human being time does mean something and that with the p...

Franklin, Emerson and Whitman

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...

Living Simply: Emerson and Thoreau

complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...

Twenty First Century Transcendentalism

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Concepts of Nature and Wilderness

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

'Americana and the American Renaissance' by Wallace Stevens

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

Science and 19th Century Romanticism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...

Literature and Epiphany

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

Democracy Benefits and Risks

well have acknowledged that mankind stands alone in his endless quest for more, a concept behind the reason society is its own opp...

Unstoppable Knowledge Pursuit

In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...

Emerson's Concept of Self in "Self-Reliance"

of the individual to that of equal to great philosophers, religious leaders and poets. His argument is that within the "self," tha...

Thoreau/Civil Disobedience

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

Writing of Mary Moody Emerson

In five pages this research paper examines how Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt Mary Moody Emerson and her writings influenced him. Six...