Question No. 1: Discuss the characteristics of Puritan Age in your own words, along with interesting literary examples. ... However, this historical literature is quite controversial in terms of subjects and interpretation. 2: Personalization: Puritan Age marked with the works which were highly personalized as they were produced only for the personal purposes and not for the sake of public. ... For Example: "The Christian Philosopher" by W. ... Religion got exclusive importance and high status in the society and expressed through the literary works. ... He clarifies by aid of many e...

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." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A Condensation of Its Context Toward the end of his notebook, "Naturalist," Ralph Waldo Emerson entered sentence (dated 1853) that marks a symbolic vision of nature familiar to his readers and, in more recent years, of concern to his ecologically minded critics: "He is the richest who has most use for nature as raw material of tropes and symbols with which to describe his life." (2) One can see why the tradition of reading Emerson's nature writing and environmental aesthetics in sharp contrast with Henry David Thoreau's--Thoreau viewed as "Emerson's ea...

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Even though offering opposing ideas on the various aspects of earthly life, the two literary classics visibly share a common concern for the functions of society, and it is evident that Sinclair Lewis, in his satirical voice, actually viewed the work of Thoreau with the utmost respect. ... For example, he finds the usually enjoyable ice cream brick has become a nagging burden. ... Thoreau's simplemindedness in terms of food and diet can be seen in his disregard of yeast and even salt as a necessity to one's survival. ...

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