A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo EmersonJoel Myerson 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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... : 61 Emerson and Individualism Wesley T. Mott Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science Ion William Rossi Emerson and Religion 151 David M. Robinson Emerson and Antislavery 179 Gary Collison Emerson in the Context Contents.
... : 61 Emerson and Individualism Wesley T. Mott Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science Ion William Rossi Emerson and Religion 151 David M. Robinson Emerson and Antislavery 179 Gary Collison Emerson in the Context Contents.
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Joel Myerson. Emerson and Antislavery 179 Gary Collison Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement 211 Armida Gilbert Illustrated Chronology 251 We FindWhat We Seek: 269 Emerson and His Biographers Ronald A. Bosco ...
Joel Myerson. Emerson and Antislavery 179 Gary Collison Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement 211 Armida Gilbert Illustrated Chronology 251 We FindWhat We Seek: 269 Emerson and His Biographers Ronald A. Bosco ...
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Joel Myerson. AW CEC CS CW EL JMN TN. Abbreviations. Emerson's Antislavery Writings, ed. Len Gougeon and Joel Myerson (New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1995). The Correspondence of Emerson and Carlyle, ed. Joseph Slater (New York ...
Joel Myerson. AW CEC CS CW EL JMN TN. Abbreviations. Emerson's Antislavery Writings, ed. Len Gougeon and Joel Myerson (New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1995). The Correspondence of Emerson and Carlyle, ed. Joseph Slater (New York ...
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... antislavery campaign, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and, throughout his life, the tremendous growth of science and technology. A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson places Emerson within that century by publishing essays that ...
... antislavery campaign, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and, throughout his life, the tremendous growth of science and technology. A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson places Emerson within that century by publishing essays that ...
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... Antislavery," Gary Collison brings the picture of the "Sage of Concord"—as those who view Emerson as an abstract, philosophical writer tend to call him—back to reality by showing how concerned Emerson was with this, the great social ...
... Antislavery," Gary Collison brings the picture of the "Sage of Concord"—as those who view Emerson as an abstract, philosophical writer tend to call him—back to reality by showing how concerned Emerson was with this, the great social ...
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