Leslie P Wilson

CliffsNotes on Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.CliffsNotes on Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism explores in depth, but also in easy-to-understand terms, transcendentalismthe religious, political, and literary movement that captured the minds of such literary figures as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the first half of the 19th century. This guide helps you to understand the various tenets of transcendentalism, as well as how Thoreau and Emerson became the two most well-known figures associated with the movement and how the transcendentalist philosophy is reflected in their work.In addition to introducing you to the basics of understanding transcendentalism, this guide also gives you the following:Examinations of the lives of Thoreau and EmersonDetailed summaries of and commentaries on many of their transcendentalist writings, such as Emersons Nature and Thoreaus WaldenCritical essays on Emerson and Thoreaus reputation and influenceA review section that tests your knowledgeA Resource Center full of books, articles, and Internet sitesClassic literature or modern-day treasureyoull understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780544184220
• Artikelnr.: 56993604