Essays about: "Henry David Thoreau"
Found 3 essays containing the words Henry David Thoreau.
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1. WANDER AROUND WITH GOSSAGE AND THOREAU LOOKING FOR SCHMIDT
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och designAbstract : I was looking for a monument but instead I found an anonymous patch of grass in a cemetery in Berlin which marked the grave of photographer Michel Schmidt. In an attempt to understand I had to go backward into my own history to find reasons why I was standing there. READ MORE
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2. Den naturliga människan - en undersökning av naturens roll för det mänskliga känslolivet, sett genom Henry David Thoreaus Walden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how the American nature writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) writes about nature, and natures role for the human emotions. The study takes basis in one of the writer’s most famous works – Walden; or, Life in the woods, from 1854, which he wrote after he had been living in a small cottage in the woods around walden pond for over 2 years. READ MORE
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3. Nature and Culture: Teaching Environmental Awareness Through Literature
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och tolka relationen mellan koncepten natur och kultur, så som de är hanterade i Henry David Thoreau’s Walden; or. Life in the Woods (1854) och Into the Wild (1996) av Jon Krakauer, med hjälp av en ekokritisk analys. READ MORE
