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This 5 page paper examines the philosphies of Romantic Era philosophers Emerson and Thoreau and how their ideas conflicted with the authors Melville, Poe and Hawthorne. This paper uses many examples from their works to illustrate the points.
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There were the Romantic philosophers which included Emerson and Thoreau who were essentially idealists and believed in the inherent ability of man to know and do what is best
based upon their inborn intuition. Likewise, there were the Romantic writers of literature, among them Melville, Poe, and Hawthorn.
While these men adopted certain aspects of the Romantic period in their writings, they were far less optimistic and their depictions of mankind and the spiritual tended to consist of
far more pessimism and darkness. It is interesting then to compare how these two groups were similar as well as where they diverged. The Romantic Philosophers Versus
the Fiction Writers Thoreaus Walden epitomizes the Romantic period. This was Thoreaus attempt at finding the true meaning of life, and
in doing so, he came to several dramatic conclusions. Namely, Thoreau believed that many people spend their lives in pursuit of materialistic fortune, only to find that by the
end of their lives they have not achieved a real measure of happiness. Instead, Thoreau asserts that it is the life conjoined with simplicity and with Nature that is
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was
Poe, who was also clearly a Romanticist but not to the extent of Thoreau. One of the striking differences between these two authors is apparent in their idea of
the supernatural, which Thoreau essentially describes as a quiet spirituality versus Poe who describes it as much more of a supernatural force which leans toward the irrational and inexplicable.
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