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printed word. He said that, "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This may not speak well to the concept of cur...
means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...
the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...
This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...
that is, rather than a creature called "Man" who had to do everything, Man became priest, scholar, farmer, and so on (Emerson). Th...
beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...
disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...
American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...
on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
1918, but there are no existent early drafts until the 1919 version, which was published at this time in a Cambridge edition of La...
For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...
requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
individuals freedom and dignity. He espoused the self as the most important entity. In transcendentalism, the person aspi...
In four pages this essay analyzes Emerson's quote and the philosophies that inspired this outlook....
In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...
In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...
except "en-masse" (Morace). Whitman refers to equality again in Section 5 when he says "...all the men ever born are also my brot...
emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...
In five pages the famous essay written by Emerson is examined in a discussion of how he equated being American with extreme indivi...
In five pages this paper examines individualism as it pertains to American society in a consideration of several authors perspecti...
In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....
In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...
This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...
to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...
In three pages the ways in which literature reflects the development of an American identity are examined in the works of such aut...
new found perception to inform his discussion of why he was in jail in the first place. Thoreau objected to the fact that slavery ...
of the individual to that of equal to great philosophers, religious leaders and poets. His argument is that within the "self," tha...