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L'esthétique du déchet et du recyclage chez Joseph Cornell

Interfaces, 2020
This article looks at the way Joseph Cornell transforms detritus from early 20th century consumer society into artworks. This gesture evokes the figures of the flâneur and the rag-picker, but ultimately corresponds to the specifically American aesthetics
Antonia Rigaud
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON

, 2005
Poems. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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The Edward Bliss Emerson Journal Project: Qualitative Research by a Non-Hierarchical Team [PDF]

, 2014
Edward Bliss Emerson (1805-1834), a younger brother of the renowned essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, lived in the Caribbean for the final three years of his life.
Géigel, Wilfredo A., Mayo-Santana, Raúl, Rabionet, Silvia E, Ramírez de Arellano, Annette B., Rigau-Pérez, José G., Simounet, Alma   +5 more
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\u27What They Seek for is in Themselves\u27: Quaker Language and Thought in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Literature

, 2015
This paper argues that Quakerism was an important influence on a number of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American writers. Looking at the work of, amongst others, Charles Brockden Brown, Robert Montgomery Bird, Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Greenleaf
Peacock, James
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Henry James Rides Again [PDF]

, 2010
This essay explores Henry James\u27s friendship with Alice Bartlett, a favorite companion in equestrian adventures during James\u27s 1873 residence in Rome.
Wadsworth, Sarah
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EMERSONIAN VIRTUES OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE

Zygon, 2018
The natural sciences and religion are two of the primary modern social practices that, for better and worse, shape our relationship to nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson helps us to think about their relation to one another and the virtues needed for the ...
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“Flowing Perpetually Outward”: Quest and Journey in Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line (1998) [PDF]

Intersections
North American director Terrence Malick’s films poetically explore inner journeys that, particularly in his early work, deeply engage with the narratives surrounding the American Dream, often intertwining these with literal journeys.
Filipa Rosário
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Restless Souls: Emerson and Zhuang Zi on the Path to Self-Transcendence Through Silence and Stillness

Religions
Why have thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Zhuang Zi, across different cultures, sought something beyond the self? Whether through God, nature, or abstract ideals, the longing for transcendence has been a recurring theme across philosophical and ...
Ercan Kaçmaz
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“Solutions in Hieroglyphic”: Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Picturesque Language,” and the Ancient Near East

Transatlantica, 2016
Ancien pasteur unitarien, Ralph Waldo Emerson assimile l’Antiquité proche-orientale à un corpus de textes (le canon biblique) ; pour lui, elle relève d’une enquête herméneutique, indissociable d’une réflexion poussée sur la nature et les enjeux de l ...
Mathieu Duplay
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Painting the Words: Language and Literature in the Visual Arts [PDF]

, 2009
In his essay, The Poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson writes: “The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty. He is a sovereign and stands on the centre.
Lawrence, Stephanie
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