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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... political, and cultural relevance. Each volume also includes a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations ...
... political, and cultural relevance. Each volume also includes a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations ...
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... political, social, and literary events of his age. Here we can observe many interesting connections, such as how, in 1836, when Emerson published his first book, Nature, the Battle of the Alamo was fought, and William Holmes McGuffey ...
... political, social, and literary events of his age. Here we can observe many interesting connections, such as how, in 1836, when Emerson published his first book, Nature, the Battle of the Alamo was fought, and William Holmes McGuffey ...
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... political figures of his era. Yet, of all the writers of his time, he has had the greatest legacy in the most areas of American life. Emerson's life was lived against sweeping changes in a rapidly developing young nation. When he was ...
... political figures of his era. Yet, of all the writers of his time, he has had the greatest legacy in the most areas of American life. Emerson's life was lived against sweeping changes in a rapidly developing young nation. When he was ...
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... political and social event, and scientific discovery that came to his attention between the 1820s and the late 1870s, and who nearly filled four notebooks with the titles of books he considered essential to read, Emerson defies easy ...
... political and social event, and scientific discovery that came to his attention between the 1820s and the late 1870s, and who nearly filled four notebooks with the titles of books he considered essential to read, Emerson defies easy ...
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