Soul, Ego, and the Problem of Self-Location in American Poetry: From Emerson to the Beat Generation
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description: But, even given that many changes have occurred between Emerson's era and the Beat Generation that alter the conditions of self-location, such changes nevertheless do not fundamentally alter the process by which that self-location is achieved. By becoming conscious of the surrounding landscape (however that term is defined) the poet makes a judgment about his or her place in the universe---and not coincidentally determines what aspects of life give meaning to human existence.
abstract: But, even given that many changes have occurred between Emerson's era and the Beat Generation that alter the conditions of self-location, such changes nevertheless do not fundamentally alter the process by which that self-location is achieved. By becoming conscious of the surrounding landscape (however that term is defined) the poet makes a judgment about his or her place in the universe---and not coincidentally determines what aspects of life give meaning to human existence.
author: Stiles, Bradley Jon
language: eng
keywords: Philosophy
date published: 2015-09-25T20:15:45Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:16Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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