Cantor, Renee Sarah
(2022)
"Walking" to Maine: romantic myths in Appalachian Trail memoirs.
Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
In American cultural perspectives toward nature, there exist two entwined principal tenets—the romantic myth of wild nature and the myth of the self-reliant individual—which stem from the philosophy of American Romanticism and Transcendentalism. This project uses Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking” to establish the tenets of these cultural myths and then proves that they are more myth than reality by tracing their development with Appalachian Trail thru- hiking memoirs. Ultimately, these memoirs reveal how the two cultural myths of wild nature and individualism are coopted by capitalist culture, forming a uniquely American pilgrimage.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Cantor, Renee Sarah | rsc39@pitt.edu | rsc39 | |
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| Date: |
25 April 2022 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
20 April 2022 |
| Approval Date: |
25 April 2022 |
| Submission Date: |
21 April 2022 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
92 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
David C. Frederick Honors College
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > English |
| Degree: |
BPhil - Bachelor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Undergraduate Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
ecocriticism
environmental literature
environmental writing |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Apr 2022 18:14 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Apr 2022 18:14 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/42699 |
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