Class Year
2015
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
2012
Department 1
English
Abstract
This paper focuses on Ralph Waldo Emerson's influence on prominent American writers. Specifically, the paper examines themes that Emerson emphasizes in Self-Reliance and Nature and how those themes are central to selected works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Herman Melville. Motifs include, but are not limited to, identity, independence, individuality, introspection, isolation, and ingenuity.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Bly, Lauren M., "Emerson or Hawthorne?" (2012). Student Publications. 10.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/10