Contradictory Nature Representation in Emerson’s Nature and Thoreau’s Walden

Abstract

Ecocriticismis a concept of nature that seeks spiritual and physical bondage for the coexistence of humans and other living organisms. It is an intellectual debate that has surfaced which focuses on the holistic dignity of the entire living beings.This connectednessis the basis of the self-reliance which determines how a person lives with integrity in nature and society. Concept of self-reliance apparently devalues social concerns, including the global commitment and cooperation needed to bring about the kinds of changes that would reverse the climatic greenhouse effect, for example. Thoreau and Emerson's ideas have been appropriated to justify the on going trend of environmental destruction and degradation.