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Many scholars identify Emerson as one of the first Writers (with others, notably Walt Whitman ) to develop a literary style and vision that is uniquely American , rather than following in the footsteps of Longfellow and others who were strongly influenced by their British Cultural Heritage . "Nature" is the first significant work to establish this new way of looking at The Americas and its raw, natural environment. In England , all natural things are a reference to layers of historical events, a reflection of human beings. However, in America, all of nature was relatively new to Western Civilization with no man-made meaning. With this Clean Slate , as it were, Emerson was enabled to see nature through new eyes and rebuild nature's role in the world. |
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