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Title
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The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant.
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Creator
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Unger, Ulrike, Augustyn, Prisca, Florida Atlantic University
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Abstract/Description
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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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PURL
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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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Format
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Document (PDF)
