"Freezes and thaws" : romantic irony in the works of Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman /
Gravett, Sharon Lee.

1989.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 1989.
Includes bibliography.
Microfiche.
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Irony in literature.
Romanticism.