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Acknowlwdgements
Introduction
Chapter 1:Washington Irving and the Escapist Tradition
Chapter 2: Individualism and Emerson: the Beginning of Individualism as a School of Philosophy
Chapter 3: Thoreau's Contribution to the Development of American Individualism
3.1 Similarities and Differences on Individualism between Emerson and Thoreau
3.2 Individualism as a Social Experiment
3.3 Individualism as a Challenge to Materialism
3.4 Symbolic Meaning of the Descriptions in Walden
3.5 Thoreau's Attitude to Individualism and Social Reforms
Conclusion
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