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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Florida Atlantic University
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2008
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2008
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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 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.
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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68 p.
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FA00000971
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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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FAU
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FA00000971
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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Unger, Ulrike
Graduate College
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The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant
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2008
2008
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Title
The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant
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The Concept of Nature in American Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau appropriating Kant