The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America - Two Kingdoms of Force Summary & Analysis

Leo Marx
This Study Guide consists of approximately 26 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.

The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America - Two Kingdoms of Force Summary & Analysis

Leo Marx
This Study Guide consists of approximately 26 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
This section contains 1,377 words
(approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Study Guide

Two Kingdoms of Force Summary and Analysis

There is a specific form of romantic pastoralism expressed in American literature of the nineteenth century, and this chapter discusses several responses of well-known authors to the conflict between the pastoral ideal and the new industrialism of the age. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a great deal about man's relationship with nature, especially as mechanization was changing that relationship. To him, nature was the grand provider, giving man all of the raw materials with which men of science could then use to serve all of mankind. To him, acceptance of the growing factory system in New England is a given, the West being preserved for agrarian occupations. Reconciling technology with transcendental thought is rather interesting, given that Emerson's initial thrust was withdrawal from modern society and immersion in nature. He saw, however, the potential of the...

(read more from the Two Kingdoms of Force Summary)

This section contains 1,377 words
(approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.