HENRY DAVID THOREAU - A TRANSCENDENTALIST IN AN EMERSONIAN SENSE
HENRY DAVID THOREAU - A TRANSCENDENTALIST IN AN EMERSONIAN SENSE
Author(s): Lucian RaduSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Anthology, Studies of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Transcendentalism; communion with nature; inspiration; extasy, repudiation of the past
Summary/Abstract: This paper is meant to investigate how Henry David Thoreau could accomplish the major criteria specific to the transcendentalist school of thought as they were embodied in Ralph Waldo Emerson`s work and literary theory: the tendency to pass beyond human experience, mystic approach towards nature as a part of divinity , strong belief in inspiration and extasy, repudiation of the past, avoidance of imitation and repetition, individualism, propensity towards philosophy, morality, and the poetic communion with nature.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 39
- Page Range: 109-113
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
