"Nature" and "Walden" Compared

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Thoreau and Emerson were authors who expressed fundamentals of Transcendentalism in two writings; specifically, "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau and "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The paper shows that
"Walden" and "Nature" contain very similar elements, along with very visible differences. This essay compares and contrasts the two works.
It analyzes three sections from each work and compares them to the author's personal experiences with nature.

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"When thinking about a description of nature what does a person see? Some people may see massive redwood forests in Washington, New Yorkers may visualize Central Park, and people from Kansas see rolling hills drowning in prairie grass. What were Ralph Waldo Emerson's views on nature? Emerson does not have a concrete vision of beauty, which is another reason his work is more difficult to read than Thoreau's. An example of an abstract description of nature is, "From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea" (Emerson 80.)"

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