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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778454403321

Autore

Buell Lawrence

Titolo

Emerson [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Buell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-26241-7

0-674-02906-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

814/.3

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

United States Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations Abbreviations Used in This Book Introduction 1. The Making of a Public Intellectual 2. Emersonian Self-Reliance in Theory and Practice 3. Emersonian Poetics 4. Religious Radicalisms 5. Emerson as a Philosopher? 6. Social Thought and Reform: Emerson and Abolition 7. Emerson as Anti-Mentor Notes Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

Born into the age of inspired amateurism that emerged from the ruins of pre-revolutionary political, religious and cultural institutions, Ralph Waldo Emerson took up the challenge of thinking about the role of the United States alone and in the world. This work examines his accomplishments and influence.