Searching for the Self: Transcendentalist Ideas as an Inspiration for American Teenagers in Little Women by Gillian Armstrong and Paper Towns by John Green
This paper examines two American works of fiction concerning how teenage characters explore and manifest their identity, looking up to transcendentalist ideas, whether consciously or not. The paper puts forth the most individualistic protagonists and investigate their motivation, ways of escaping th...
Main Author: | Łucja Kalinowska |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
2020-09-01
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Series: | New Horizons in English Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.umcs.pl/nh/article/view/9926 |
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