supported by a grant(2023SJYB1830)from Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Project for Universities in Jiangsu Province;a grant(24YJA740017)from Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund Project of Ministry of Education,China.
With the deterioration of the environment and the unbalanced relationship between man and nature,people are plagued by varieties of social problems and rising spiritual crises.This paper aims to analyze Thoreau’s cha...
As is known to everyone, Henry David Thoreau was an outstanding American writer in the 19th century. However, he did not attract much attention at that time. In fact, Thoreau did not have a profound influence on Ameri...
This paper attempts to discuss a possible way of seeking a temporary dwelling place for the soul and keeping a sense of “whereness” in an ever changing world. The study first analyzes the conceptions of “whereness...
This paper is aimed at interpreting Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's view of nature clearly by briefly analyzing their representative works. And this paper is composed of four parts. Chap...
Although Emerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne were all influenced by transcendentalism, they have different understanding of and attitudes towards nature and the concept of transcendentalism because of their cultural backgr...
As a pare-ecological ecologist,Thoreau’s philosophy has profound philosophical significance of leisure.Under the influence of transcendentalism,pastoral philosophy and classical wisdom,Thoreau formed a unique concept...
Walden is composed by Henry David Thoreau who is an illustrious and influential American nature writer and an embodiment of American Transcendentalism. It is a household classic and has been a masterpiece in the Ameri...
There is an amazing healing power in the novel The Country of the Pointed Firs embodied in nature and the local people. Reading this novel, everyone can be the narrator who has experienced a journey of healing in Dunn...
This thesis aims at providing a detailed and in- depth study of Daoism elements embodied in Henry David Thoreau'Walden. Thoreau loves and returns to nature. His viewing"man as part and parcel of nature"echoes Daoism's...