A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2000
333 pages
978-0-19-972796-4 (ISBN)
Description
There is no question that Emerson has maintained his place as one of the seminal figures in American history and literature. In his time, he was the acknowledged leader of the Transcendentalist movement and his poetic legacy, education ideals, and religious concepts are integral to the formation of American intellectual life. In this volume, Joel Myerson, one of the leading experts on this period, has gathered together sparkling new essays that discuss Emerson as a product of his times. Individual chapters provide an extended biographical study of Emerson and his effect on American life, followed by studies of his concept of individualism, nature and natural science, religion, antislavery, and women's rights.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Brief Biography
- EMERSON IN HIS TIME
- The Age of the First Person Singular": Emerson and Individualism
- Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science
- Emerson and Religion
- Emerson and Antislavery
- Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement
- Illustrated Chronology
- We Find What We Seek: Emerson and His Biographers
- Bibliographical Essay
- Contributors
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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