I've attempted to compare Shiki and Soseki in terms of their attitude toward sceneries as well as their relationships with the idea of Democratic Rights. Shiki expresses his estheticism in his description of the flower field in Tsuki no Miyako (the City of the Moon), while Soseki shows his attitude toward nature in "The Trip to Pitlockry" in Kusamakura. In his British Poets' Conception of Nature, Soseki presented the naturalism of the British poets during the period between late 18th century and early 19th century. He described Goldsmith, who prefered nature to the capitalistic world, Cooper, who ran away into nature because he was not accepted in society, Burns, who loved small animals and plants, and Wordsworth, who recongized something spiritual circulating between nature and himself. Some of our modern writers have similar ideas with these British poets.
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