This paper aims to reconsider the establishment and ultimate demise of the Transcendentalist Club in terms of the period's political background and burgeoning journalism. In particular, it focuses on one of Emerson's lectures, "The Young American,...
Mikayo Sakuma examines Herman Melville’s aesthetic appreciation of the natural world and his moral interest in it. Her account extends from animals’ visual images to cultural incidents that impacted Melville. After completing his phenomenal work o...
