American Liberal and Conservationist Tradition in Scott Russell Sanders 39; Hunting for Hope精品分析.docVIP

Masaryk Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Vojtěch Horá?ek American Liberal and Conservationist Tradition in Scott Russell Sanders’ Hunting for Hope Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Kate?ina Prajznerová, Ph.D. 2012 I hereby declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using solely the primary and secondary sources that are listed in the works cited. Author’s signature: Acknowledgement I would like to thank my supervisor, Mgr. Kate?ina Prajznerová, Ph.D., for her patience, consideration and valuable input that were indispensable to creating this thesis. Table of Contents TOC \o 1-1 \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886055 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc341886055 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886056 About the Author PAGEREF _Toc341886056 \h 4 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886057 Sanders and Croly: The Progressive Reform PAGEREF _Toc341886057 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886058 Sanders and Schlesinger: The Liberal Ideal PAGEREF _Toc341886058 \h 15 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886059 Sanders and Leopold: Protecting the Wilderness PAGEREF _Toc341886059 \h 24 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886060 Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc341886060 \h 31 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886061 Works Cited PAGEREF _Toc341886061 \h 33 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886062 Resumé PAGEREF _Toc341886062 \h 35 HYPERLINK \l _Toc341886063 Summary PAGEREF _Toc341886063 \h 36 Introduction This thesis is dedicated to the analysis of the underlying political philosophy upon which Scott Russell Sanders based his collection of essays named Hunting for Hope: A Father’s Journey. Choosing this work over the plentitude of essays, novels and other works that Sanders has written was by no means an easy task; however, I believe that Hunting for Hope is probably the best one to illustrate the roots of Sanders’ liberal thinking and to provide the readers with an in-depth analysis of the development of contemporary American liberal essay writing, of which Sanders may be considered a prime e