LEADER 03622nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910954594703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791480182 010 $a0791480186 010 $a9781429498210 010 $a1429498218 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477704 035 $a(OCoLC)173152429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575917 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000145969 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145969 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182996 035 $a(PQKB)11569869 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407491 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407491 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575917 035 $a(DE-B1597)684018 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791480182 035 $a(Perlego)2671857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477704 100 $a20060718d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmerson & Eros $ethe making of a cultural hero /$fLen Gougeon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791470770 311 08$a0791470776 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tPsychomythic Humanism -- $tThe Spirit and the Flesh -- $t?God?s Child? -- $t?The Devil?s Child? -- $tThe Call to Serve -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aThis critical biography traces the spiritual, psychological, and intellectual growth of one of America's foremost oracles and prophets, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803?1882). Beginning with his undergraduate career at Harvard and spanning the range of his adult life, the book examines the complex, often painful emotional journey inward that would eventually transform Emerson from an average Unitarian minister into one of the century's most formidable intellectual figures. By connecting Emerson's inner life with his outer life, Len Gougeon illustrates a virtually seamless relationship between Emerson's Transcendental philosophy and his later career as a social reformer, a rebel who sought to "unsettle all things" in an effort to redeem his society.In tracing the path of Emerson's evolution, Gougeon makes use of insights by Joseph Campbell, Erich Neumann, Mircea Eliade, and N. O. Brown. Like Emerson, all of these thinkers directly experienced the fragmentation and dehumanization of the Western world, and all were influenced both directly and indirectly by Emerson and his philosophy. Ultimately, this study demonstrates how Emerson's philosophy would become a major force of liberal reformation in American society, a force whose impact is still felt today. 517 3 $aEmerson and Eros 606 $aLiterature and myth 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aTranscendentalists (New England)$vBiography 606 $aSocial reformers$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y19th century 615 0$aLiterature and myth. 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aTranscendentalists (New England) 615 0$aSocial reformers 676 $a814/.3 700 $aGougeon$b Len$01813534 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954594703321 996 $aEmerson & Eros$94366740 997 $aUNINA