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The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant
- Date Issued:
- 2008
- Abstract/Description:
- The objective of this study is to compare Emerson's and Thoreau's concepts of nature as they are informed by Immanuel Kant. In particular, this study examines Emerson's Nature, The Transcendentalist, The Divinity School Address, The Conservative; and Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Walden; or, Life in the Woods and The Maine Woods to analyze how their ideas of nature are anchored in Kant's three Critiques. Emerson and Thoreau develop Kant's ideas and both arrive at an unlimited nature which is not bound to objects of form. While Emerson focuses on human nature in the organism, Thoreau is concerned with organic nature in particular.
Title: | The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant. |
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Name(s): |
Unger, Ulrike Augustyn, Prisca, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2008 | |
Date Issued: | 2008 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 68 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | The objective of this study is to compare Emerson's and Thoreau's concepts of nature as they are informed by Immanuel Kant. In particular, this study examines Emerson's Nature, The Transcendentalist, The Divinity School Address, The Conservative; and Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Walden; or, Life in the Woods and The Maine Woods to analyze how their ideas of nature are anchored in Kant's three Critiques. Emerson and Thoreau develop Kant's ideas and both arrive at an unlimited nature which is not bound to objects of form. While Emerson focuses on human nature in the organism, Thoreau is concerned with organic nature in particular. | |
Identifier: | FA00000971 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | |
Subject(s): |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation Thoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation Kant, Immanuel,--1724-1804--Criticism and interpretation Transcendentalism in literature Nature in literature Symbolism in literature |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000971 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |