Consciousness and culture [[electronic resource] ] : Emerson and Thoreau reviewed / / Joel Porte

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452307903321
• Autore: Porte Joel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-73071-8; 9786611730710; 0-300-13057-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/003
• Soggetti: National characteristics, American, in literature; Consciousness in literature; Culture in literature; Electronic books.; New England Intellectual life 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Emerson, Thoreau, and the Double Consciousness -- TWO. Transcendental Antics -- THREE. The Problem of Emerson -- FOUR. Representing America -- FIVE. Emerson as Journalist -- SIX. Emerson at Harvard -- SEVEN. Holmes's Emerson -- EIGHT. Emerson's French Connection -- NINE. Henry Thoreau and the Reverend 125 Poluphloisboios Thalassa -- TEN. Society and Solitude -- ELEVEN. "God Himself Culminates in the Present 159 Moment": Thoughts on Thoreau's Faith -- TWELVE. "In Wildness is the Preservation of the World": 169 The Natural History of Henry David Thoreau -- THIRTEEN. Writing and Reading New Englandly -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Emerson and Thoreau are the most celebrated odd couple of nineteenth-century American literature. Appearing to play the roles of benign mentor and eager disciple, they can also be seen as bitter rivals: America's foremost literary statesman, protective of his reputation, and an ambitious and sometimes refractory protégé. The truth, Joel Porte maintains, is that Emerson and Thoreau were complementary literary ; geniuses, mutually inspiring and inspired.In this book of essays, Porte focuses on Emerson and Thoreau as writers. He traces their individual achievements and their points of intersection, arguing that both men, starting from a shared belief in the importance of "self-culture," produced a body of writing that helped move a decidedly provincial New England readership into the broader arena of international culture. It is a book that will appeal to all readers interested in the writings of Emerson and Thoreau.

Waverly / / Sir Walter Scott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911101364903321
• Autore: Scott Walter <1771-1832.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Electric Book Co., c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (602 p.)
• Soggetti: Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746; Scotland History 18th century Fiction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION-(1829) -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER II. Waverley-Honour-A Retrospect -- CHAPTER III. EDUCATION -- CHAPTER IV. Castle-Building -- CHAPTER V. Choice of a Profession -- CHAPTER VI. The Adieus of Waverley -- CHAPTER VII. A Horse-Quarter in Scotland -- CHAPTER VIII. A Scottish Manor-House Sixty Years Since -- CHAPTER IX. More of the Manor-House and its Environs -- CHAPTER X. Rose Bradwardine And Her Father -- CHAPTER XI. The Banquet -- CHAPTER XII. Repentance and a Reconciliation -- CHAPTER XIII. A More Rational Day than the Last -- CHAPTER XIV. A Discovery-Waverley Becomes Domesticated at Tully-Veolan -- CHAPTER XV. A Creagh, and its Consequences* -- CHAPTER XVI. An Unexpected Ally Appears -- CHAPTER XVII. The Hold of a Highland Robber -- CHAPTER XVIII. Waverley Proceeds on his Journey -- CHAPTER XIX. The Chief And His Mansion -- CHAPTER XX. A ; Highland Feast -- CHAPTER XXI. The Chieftain's Sister -- CHAPTER XXII. Highland Minstrelsy -- CHAPTER XXIII. Waverley Continues at Glennaquoich -- CHAPTER XXIV. A Stag-Hunt, and its Consequences -- CHAPTER XXV. News From England -- CHAPTER XXVI. An Eclaircissement -- CHAPTER XXVII. Upon the Same Subject -- CHAPTER XXVIII. A Letter from Tully-Veolan -- CHAPTER XXIX. Waverley's Reception in the Lowlands after his Highland Tour -- CHAPTER XXX. Shows that the Loss of a Horse's Shoe may be a Serious Inconvenience -- CHAPTER XXXI. An Examination -- CHAPTER XXXII. A Conference, and the Consequence -- CHAPTER XXXIII. A Confidant -- CHAPTER XXXIV. Things Mend A Little -- CHAPTER XXXV. A Volunteer Sixty Years Since -- CHAPTER XXXVI. An Incident -- CHAPTER XXXVII. Waverley is Still in Distress -- CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Nocturnal Adventure -- CHAPTER XXXIX. The Journey is Continued -- CHAPTER XL. An Old and a New Acquaintance -- CHAPTER XLI. The Mystery Begins to be Cleared up.; CHAPTER XLII. A Soldier's Dinner -- CHAPTER XLIII. The Ball -- CHAPTER XLIV. The March -- CHAPTER XLV. An Incident Gives Rise to Unavailing Reflections -- CHAPTER XLVI. The Eve of Battle -- CHAPTER XLVII. The Conflict -- CHAPTER XLVIII. An Unexpected Embarrassment -- CHAPTER XLIX. The English Prisoner -- CHAPTER L. Rather Unimportant -- CHAPTER LI. Intrigues of Love and Politics -- CHAPTER LII. Intrigues of Society and Love -- CHAPTER LIII. Fergus a Suitor -- CHAPTER LIV. 'To One Thing Constant Never' -- CHAPTER LV. A Brave Man in Sorrow -- CHAPTER LVI. Exertion -- CHAPTER LVII. The March -- CHAPTER LVIII. The Confusion of King Agramant's Camp -- CHAPTER LIX. A Skirmish -- CHAPTER LX. Chapter of Accidents -- CHAPTER LXI. A Journey to London -- CHAPTER LXII. What's to be Done Next? -- CHAPTER LXIII. Desolation -- CHAPTER LXIV. Comparing Of Notes -- CHAPTER LXV. More Explanation -- CHAPTER LXVI. -- CHAPTER LXVII. -- CHAPTER LXVIII -- CHAPTER LXIX -- CHAPTER LXX. Dolce Domum -- CHAPTER LXXI. -- CHAPTER LXXII. A Postscript, which should have been a Preface -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY.