This book presents the first comprehensive and authoritative collection of Emerson's writings against slavery and the subjugation of American Indians-writings that reveal Emerson's deep commitment to social reform. Included are speeches and lectures that have never before been published or collected in any other edition of Emerson's writings.
"Taken together, this group of writings constitutes a critical mass of evidence that demonstrates Emerson's continuous involvement in protest against slavery and other forms of social oppression much more dramatically than has been done before." -Lawrence Buell, Harvard University
"This valuable collection contains eighteen works by Emerson on the subject of slavery written between 1838 and 1863. . . . The texts are well annotated, and a historical introduction rightly demonstrates Emerson's important participation in the abolition movement." -Nineteenth-Century Literature
"This new volume . . . seeks to put Emerson's views on abolitionism in a clearer light while fitting the writings into the larger frame of his philosophy of social reform. . . . A skillfully edited volume . . . [that adds] to a deeper understanding of Emerson's thought." -Charles Sermon, State
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Taken together, this group of writings constitutes a critical mass of evidence that demonstrates Emerson's continuous involvement in protest against slavery and other forms of social oppression much more dramatically than has been done before." Lawrence Buell, Harvard University "This valuable collection contains eighteen works by Emerson on the subject of slavery written between 1838 and 1863... The texts are well annotated, and a historical introduction rightly demonstrates Emerson's important participation in the abolition movement." Nineteenth-Century Literature "This new volume... seeks to put Emerson's views on abolitionism in a clearer light while fitting the writings into the larger frame of his philosophy of social reform... A skillfully edited volume... that adds to a deeper understanding of Emerson's thought." Charles Sermon, State
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-300-09402-2 (9780300094022)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Len Gougeon is professor of American literature at the University of Scranton. Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of South Carolina.
Historical background; letter to Martin Van Buren; "An Address on the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies"; anniversary of West Indian emancipation; letter to William Rotch; antislavery speech at Dedham; letter to the kidnapping committee; antislavery remarks at Worcester; letter to Mary Merrick Brooks; "Address to the Citizens of Concord" on the Fugitive Slave Law; the Fugitive Slave Law lecture on slavery; assault on Charles Sumner; Kansas relief meeting; speech at a meeting to aid John Brown's family; John Brown; attempted speech "The President's Proclamation"; "Fortune of the Republic".
