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Constitutional bodies : practicing national subjectivity in antebellum writing /Bertolini, Vincent J. January 1999 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
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Thoreau's Use of Imagery in "Walden"Sullivan, Jennifer Sims 12 1900 (has links)
It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate the nature of Thoreau's use of organic imagery by tracing recurrent symbols that represent key concepts and provide unity and coherence throughout Walden. By charting the patterns of imagery in Walden, one can observe Thoreau's movement from an initially pessimistic view of man's present state to one of transcendental optimism and hope for freedom in the future.
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An autumn journey : time, place, and pattern in Henry David Thoreau's later workDotterman, Anthony Matthew 25 July 2001 (has links)
This thesis situates a discussion of Thoreau's later natural history essays in the
context of the author's other writings. Beginning with an examination of the
writings of Thoreau's friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, this paper
examines Thoreau's relation to and departure from Emerson's understanding of
time, place, and pattern in nature. Through a close reading of Thoreau's journal
entries and natural history essays, this thesis follows Thoreau's development as a
naturalist and examines the relationship between his natural history writings and
the American transcendentalist movement. / Graduation date: 2002
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"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary SnyderHiatt, Bryan 20 February 1997 (has links)
Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth
timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining
interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64),
individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a larger capitalist culture. Two such
writers, Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder, use the wilderness to enact alternative patterns of living
that are designed to change cultures that have lost touch with the land, and have spiraled into a
future where nature is a mere afterthought.
In response to the growth of his society, Thoreau built a cabin at Walden pond as an
experiment to determine if life could be lived simply and morally. His activities were an effort to
"wake up" his "neighbors" who were just beginning to explore capitalism. "Moral reform," Thoreau
believed, "is the effort to throw off sleep" (WAL 61). Thoreau's criticism of capitalism, agricultural
reform, and slavery were generated to help his culture understand what it is to live morally, and
"awake."
Gary Snyder is the voice of Thoreau in the late 20th century, and his work addresses a
world fully enveloped in capitalism. The exploitation of wild creatures and places by world
governments and multi-national corporations is the problem of the modern age for Snyder, and
place-based living is a way of dissenting from a consumption-oriented culture. Reform begins with
the individual living close to the land, but also involves people living in communities and creating
patterns of living that are ecologically stable.
This paper is, in an immediate sense, a comparison of two "American" non-conformists,
but it is also a response to cultural and environmental crises that both writers faced. Chapter I of
this study introduces Thoreau and Snyder and establishes the parameters of this paper. Chapter
II discusses Thoreau's views on capitalism, agricultural reform, and environmental degradation.
Chapter III highlights Snyder's interest in place-based living and bioregionalism. Chapter VI brings
Thoreau and Snyder together in a discussion of political and social reform. The final chapter of
this study reflects how Thoreau and Snyder mesh as ecological philosophers. / Graduation date: 1997
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A framework for the love of nature : Henry David Thoreau's construction of the Wild in Walden and the gift as an ethos for architectureSandstra, Theodore. January 1999 (has links)
Walden (1854), by the American author Henry David Thoreau (1817--1862), is explored as a work of literature with significant implications for environmental ethics in contemporary architectural practice. This reading challenges ethical models which depend for their legitimacy on determining a static representation of the world around us. Thoreau's literary discussion of the construction of his shelter and the subsequent revealing of a view of nature is offered as a more complete approach to finding a significant discourse concerning the relationship between humanity and the earth. The relevance of the poetic imagination is asserted through exploring the many aspects of the metaphors of verticality and flight in Walden . Thoreau's effort is extended into a brief discussion of Australian architect Glenn Murcutt (born 1936) and a consideration of the natural world in light of the phenomenon of a gift.
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Salvaging Virginia : transitivity, race and the problem of consent /Andrews, Stephen R. January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 439-457).
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"An insect view of its plain" nature and insects in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Muir /McTier, Rosemary Scanlon. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
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A hundred visions and revisions becoming a better actor /Knight, Shawn M., January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Louisville, 2004. / Department of Theatre Arts. Vita. "May 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaf 40).
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An awakened sense of place : Thoreauvian patterns in Willa Cather's fiction /Grover, Breanne. January 2006 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept of English, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-73).
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A Sensory Tour of Cape Cod: Thoreau's Transcendental Journey to Spiritual RenewalTalley, Sharon 12 1900 (has links)
Predominantly darker than his other works, Cape Cod depicts Henry David Thoreau's interpretation of life as a struggle for survival and a search for salvation in a stark New England setting. Representing Thoreau's greatest test of the goodness of God and nature, the book illustrates the centrality of the subject of death to Thoreau's philosophy of life. Contending that Thoreau's journey to the Cape originated from an intensely personal transcendental impulse connected with his brother's death, this study provides the first in-depth examination of Thoreau's use of the five senses in Cape Cod to reveal both the eccentricities inherent in his relationship with nature and his method of resolving his fears of mortality. Some of the sense impressions in Cape Cod--particularly those that center around human death and those that involve tactile sensations--suggest that Thoreau sometimes tried to master his fears by subconsciously altering painful historical facts or by avoiding the type of sensual contact that aggravated the repressed guilt he suffered from his brother's death. Despite his personal idiosyncrasies, however, Thoreau persisted in his search for truth, and the written record of his journey in Cape Cod documents how his dedication to the transcendental process enabled him to surmount his inner turmoil and reconfirm his intuitive faith. In following this process to spiritual renewal, Thoreau begins with subjective impressions of nature and advances to knowledge of objective realities before ultimately reaching symbolic and universal truth. By analyzing nature's lessons as they evolve from Thoreau's use of his senses, this dissertation shows that Cape Cod, rather than invalidating Thoreau's faith, actually expands his transcendental perspective and so rightfully stands beside Walden as one of the fundamental cornerstones of his canon. In addition, the study proffers new support for previous psychoanalytical interpretations of Thoreau and his writings, reveals heretofore unrecognized historical inaccuracies in his account of the shipwreck that frames the book's opening, and provides the first detailed consideration of the linguistic implications of Cape Cod.
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