Current Search: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation (x)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jorge Luis Borges: Harbingers of Human Rights.
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Creator
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Gillespie Elizabeth Joy, Poulson, Nancy Kason, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
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This dissertation comparatively analyzes the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a nineteenth century American, and Jorge Luis Borges, a twentieth-century Argentinian, within the context of human rights. Through their writings, both Emerson and Borges provided a voice to the voiceless by addressing the most egregious violations of human rights during their respective days: For Emerson, the most virulent social ill was slavery; for Borges, it was fascism. While Emerson and Borges differ in several...
Show moreThis dissertation comparatively analyzes the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a nineteenth century American, and Jorge Luis Borges, a twentieth-century Argentinian, within the context of human rights. Through their writings, both Emerson and Borges provided a voice to the voiceless by addressing the most egregious violations of human rights during their respective days: For Emerson, the most virulent social ill was slavery; for Borges, it was fascism. While Emerson and Borges differ in several ways, they are remarkably similar in their emphasis of natural laws and natural rights, notably egalitarianism and liberty, which underpin humanity and comprise an integral aspect of civilization. By counteracting the antithesis of civilization, barbarism, the works of Emerson and Borges ultimately embody the tenets that would ultimately constitute The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thus, Emerson and Borges are indelibly linked through serving as harbingers of human rights.
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Date Issued
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2019
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013207
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Subject Headings
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation, Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Criticism and interpretation, Human rights
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The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant.
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Unger, Ulrike, Augustyn, Prisca, Florida Atlantic University
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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...
Show moreThe 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.
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Date Issued
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2008
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000971
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Subject Headings
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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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Document (PDF)
