Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Companion
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2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7760-6 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7760-6 (ISBN)
In his 1837 speech ‘The American Scholar’, Ralph Waldo Emerson noted ""life is our dictionary,"" encapsulating a life and body of work that reached well beyond the American nineteenth century. This comprehensive study explores Emerson as a preacher, poet, philosopher, lecturer, essayist and editor.
In his 1837 speech "The American Scholar," Ralph Waldo Emerson noted, "life is our dictionary," encapsulating a body of work that reached well beyond the American 19th century. This comprehensive study explores Emerson as a preacher, poet, philosopher, lecturer, essayist and editor. There are nearly 100 entries on individual texts and their personal, historical and literary contexts. Emerson's work is placed within his relationships with family members, fellow Transcendentalists and transatlantic friends, and his commitment to ethics, self-culture and social change.
This book provides the fullest possible exploration of Emerson's writing and philosophy. Far ahead of his own time, the man enthusiastically questioned institutions, communities, friendships, history, individuality and contemporaneous approaches to environmental stewardship.
In his 1837 speech "The American Scholar," Ralph Waldo Emerson noted, "life is our dictionary," encapsulating a body of work that reached well beyond the American 19th century. This comprehensive study explores Emerson as a preacher, poet, philosopher, lecturer, essayist and editor. There are nearly 100 entries on individual texts and their personal, historical and literary contexts. Emerson's work is placed within his relationships with family members, fellow Transcendentalists and transatlantic friends, and his commitment to ethics, self-culture and social change.
This book provides the fullest possible exploration of Emerson's writing and philosophy. Far ahead of his own time, the man enthusiastically questioned institutions, communities, friendships, history, individuality and contemporaneous approaches to environmental stewardship.
Prentiss Clark is an associate professor of English at the University of South Dakota. Her essays appear in The Henry James Review, Nineteenth-Century Literature, The James Baldwin Review and the forthcoming New Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oxford Handbook of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Emerson: A Brief Biography
Chronology of Emerson’s Major Book Publications
Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Companion
Appendix: Writing and Research Topics
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.12.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | McFarland Companions to 19th Century Literature |
| Zusatzinfo | 5 photos, appendix, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7760-3 / 1476677603 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7760-6 / 9781476677606 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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