Essays about: "Alexander Myrén"

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  1. 1. Criticism of Emerson's Transcendentalism in Melville's Moby-Dick

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alexander Myrén; [2019]
    Keywords : Transcendentalism; Melville; Emerson; Ahab; Ishmael;

    Abstract : In conceptualizing Moby-Dick; or, the whale, Herman Melville was both drawn and opposed to the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Through an analysis of the main characters in MobyDick and Emerson’s writing, it becomes evident that Transcendentalism is embodied in the characterization of the novel’s main characters. READ MORE