Thesis advisor: Jeremiah McGrann / The effect of transcendentalism on American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) is examined in this study. Certain pieces in Ives' 114 Songs collection are musically analyzed to better understand Ives' interpretation of three main tenets of transcendentalism (the individual, the past, and nature). Scholarly criticism and a historical background of transcendentalism are discussed as well. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2004. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Music. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

For years F. Scott Fitzgeralds <i>The Great Gatsby</i> has garnered attention from critics as having a relationship to American transcendentalist thought. While most acknowledge Jay Gatsbys corruption and materialism, they continue to hold on to a belief in his supposed idealism and difference from other characters in the novel. Even critics who note irony in the novel do not recant their arguments regarding Gatsbys romanticism. One cannot make a straightforward connection between transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau without noting how Gatsby is truly a perversion of transcendental ideals. Specifically, in examining Gatsby with Emersons concept of self-reliance in mind, it is clear that Fitzgerald could never see Gatsby as a self-reliant individual. Indeed, Gatsby fails in every test that can identify him as being a self-reliant man. He is materialistic; he breaks the law for no larger purpose; he loves an insignificant and vapid woman who is as materialistic as the rest of this corrupt society; he has no true identity; does not dispute the contention that the ideal of self-reliance is noble, it argues that such an ideal is unrealizable in the corrupt and materialistic society of the Jazz Age.

For years F. Scott Fitzgeralds <i>The Great Gatsby</i> has garnered attention from critics as having a relationship to American transcendentalist thought. While most acknowledge Jay Gatsbys corruption and materialism, they continue to hold on to a belief in his supposed idealism and difference from other characters in the novel. Even critics who note irony in the novel do not recant their arguments regarding Gatsbys romanticism. One cannot make a straightforward connection between transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau without noting how Gatsby is truly a perversion of transcendental ideals. Specifically, in examining Gatsby with Emersons concept of self-reliance in mind, it is clear that Fitzgerald could never see Gatsby as a self-reliant individual. Indeed, Gatsby fails in every test that can identify him as being a self-reliant man. He is materialistic; he breaks the law for no larger purpose; he loves an insignificant and vapid woman who is as materialistic as the rest of this corrupt society; he has no true identity; does not dispute the contention that the ideal of self-reliance is noble, it argues that such an ideal is unrealizable in the corrupt and materialistic society of the Jazz Age.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-Radboud University, Nijmegen, 2008. / With title page and summary in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1905. / Vita. Published also without thesis note. Bibliography: p. [105]-107.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Theatre and Film. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Philosophy, March 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1964. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 315-324).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 280-296).

Abstract of thesis (M.A.) -- Catholic University of America. / Bibliography: p. 25-26.