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100 1 a| McMillan, Bryan Todd,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 15 a| "The tonic of wildness" :b| Thoreau's critique of industrial capitalism /c| by Bryan Todd McMillan.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2015.;

300 a| 55 pages;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2015.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.;

500 a| Advisor: Helena Feder.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 21, 2015).;

520 3 a| This thesis is a critical intervention in contemporary Thoreau scholarship. It argues against Ashton Nichols's application of his concept of "urbanature" to the writings and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's concept of "wildness" is not compatible with "urbanature;" indeed, "wildness offers solutions to ecological problems that "urbanature" fails to provide. It critiques the ideologies that undergirded industrial capitalism and other exploitive systems. Given that these systems cause or contribute to pressing ecological problems, as well as social, this thesis calls for a return to Thoreau's transformative understanding of "wildness" to address them.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

600 10 a| Thoreau, Henry David,d| 1817-1862x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A29703;

600 10 a| Nichols, Ashton,d| 1953-x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A216285;

600 10 a| Nichols, Ashton,d| 1953-t| Thoreau and urbanature.=| ^A216285;

650 0 a| Capitalism in literature.=| ^A176495;

653 a| Environmental studies;

653 a| Literature;

653 a| Ecology;

700 1 a| Feder, Helena,e| degree supervisor.=| ^A1213237;

710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of English.=| ^A641948;

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"The tonic of wildness" : Thoreau's critique of industrial capitalism / by Bryan Todd McMillan.

Author/creator	McMillan, Bryan Todd author.
Other author	Feder, Helena, degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2015.
Description	55 pages
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation. Nichols, Ashton, 1953---Criticism and interpretation. Nichols, Ashton, 1953- Thoreau and urbanature. Capitalism in literature.

Summary	This thesis is a critical intervention in contemporary Thoreau scholarship. It argues against Ashton Nichols's application of his concept of "urbanature" to the writings and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's concept of "wildness" is not compatible with "urbanature;" indeed, "wildness offers solutions to ecological problems that "urbanature" fails to provide. It critiques the ideologies that undergirded industrial capitalism and other exploitive systems. Given that these systems cause or contribute to pressing ecological problems, as well as social, this thesis calls for a return to Thoreau's transformative understanding of "wildness" to address them.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General note	Advisor: Helena Feder.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 21, 2015).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2015.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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