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Transcendentalist Essays and Term Papers
Transcendentalismis a newly founded belief and practice that involves man's interaction with nature, and the idea that man belongs to one universal and benign omnipresence know as the oversoul. The term was first introduced by German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and was published in his "Critique of Practical ...
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Herman Melville: An anti- transcendentalist or not
Melville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius was finally ...
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Herman Melville: His Life And WorksMelville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure
whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed
20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until
the 1920s, when his genius was finally recognized.
Melville was born August 1, ...
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Quest For ReformationHenry David Thoreau's
While strolling through the forests near Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau stumbled across a man and his family. The father, John Field had moved to America from Ireland with his wife and his son in order to "improve [their] condition one day" (Walden, 139). Henry ...
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Thoreau Influences KingHenry David Thoreau was a great American writer, philosopher, and naturalist of the 1800’s who’s writings have influenced many famous leaders in the 20th century, as well as in his own lifetime. Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817, where he was later educated at Harvard ...
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The Theme Of Nature In The Works Of Plato, Bryant, Twain, And ThoreauIn his Poetics, Plato contemplates the nature of aesthetics and
existence. He postulates that for every existing object and idea there is
an absolute "ideal" which transcends human experience. He further
concludes that art, including literature, is an aesthetic representation of
real objects ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson And Henry David Thoreauare considered two of the most influential and inspiring transcendentalist writers of their time. Both men extensively studied and embraced nature, and both men encouraged and practiced individualism and nonconformity. At first glance, one may conclude that these men's thoughts were parallel ...
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Emerson's Self-Reliance"Who so should be a man is a non-conformist." Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote this great aphorism in his story Self-Reliance. In Self-Reliance, Emerson writes about relying on yourself to make it through life in society and not becoming too enveloped in society. Another aphorism that I like is, "The ...
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Transcendentalism Leaves Of GrBy the late 19th century, Walt Whitman had become positioned at the forefront of the American cultural lexicon. His poetry was at once brash, dissonant and resoundingly erotic. His raw, unabashed poetry flew in the face of the prevailing ideals of his time. Whitman’s greatest literary ...
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The Night: Living By ConformityIn the play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Thoreau theorizes his knowledge on transcendentalism. Humans no longer have the time to sit down in a restaurant and wait for their food, or to just stop during the day and admire the scenery we have around us. Instead, we as humans are polluting the ...
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RomanticismIt was a reaction against the Enlightenment and yet akin in that
they both assumed life was designed for human happiness. However the
Enlightenment placed reason at the center of human acheivement.
m distrusted the human intellect and placed its value on the
emotions and intutive qualities. The ...
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I Felt A Funeral, In My BrainIn my opinion, Emily Dickinson as a transcendentalist used her poetry to describe the process of transcendental meditation, particularly the meditation of death. In this poem she tries to allow us to expierience our true nature by entering directly into our conscious. The poem is a deep seeking of ...
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Symbolism Of The Scarlet LetteThe Scarlet Letter, written in the 1800’s by Anti-Transcendentalist Nathaniel Hawthorne, tells the story of Hester Prynne. Young Hester lived in New England, about the same time witch trials were still conducted, and she is found guilty of carrying a baby whose father she refuses to ...
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The American Dream In Self RelThe American Dream remains viewed as the success which one obtains. The American Dream has had a great impact on literature as well as an impact on the changing of time periods. The 19th century Transcendentalists’ idea of the American Dream focuses on reaching one’s goals by honest, hard work. On ...
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Transcendentalism: The Philosophy Of The MindTranscendentalism is the view that the basic truth of the universe lies
beyond the knowledge obtained from the senses, a knowledge that
transcendentalists regard as the mere appearance of things (Adventures 162).
Transcendentalists believe the mind is where ideas are formed. ...
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Reformation Of Government Thro"...A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." Thomas Jefferson
Thoreau, a transcendentalist from the mid 19th century and Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights movement leader of a century later both believed the necessity ...
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Ralph Waldo EmersonBorn on May 25, came from a long line of
merchants on his mother’s side and preachers on his father’s side. It is
possibly this unique conglomeration of life experiences that lead Emerson
to be possibly one of the greatest and most influential essayists and
thinkers of all time. Emerson was ...
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The Influence Of Thoreau On Gandhi And Martin Luther King Jr.I have heard it said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but can mere written words change the course of history? Henry David Thoreau did nothing to directly change the course of history, but his words did influence others who did change the course of history; two notable names that the ...
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Self-reliance By Emerson1. The essay that I elected to read and analyze was “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2. The Transcendental Movement held a strong opinion that one should have complete faith in oneself. Emerson, being an avid transcendentalist, believed in this philosophy. He supported this ...
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Herman MelvilleMelville, Herman (1819-91), an American Novelist, is widely regarded as one of America's greatest and most influential novelists; known primarily as the author of Moby Dick. He belonged to a group of eminent pre-Civil War writers-American Romantics or members of the American Renaissance-who ...
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