American Metempsychosis - Emerson, Whitman, and the New Poetry

Informationen zum Autor John Michael Corrigan Klappentext American Metempsychosis explores the ancient concept of metempsychosis as a precursor to the idea of history. In the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, metempsychosis serves as a form of American self-knowing - the effort to reshape identity through a self's heightened awareness of its own cognitive succession. Zusammenfassung American Metempsychosis explores the ancient concept of metempsychosis as a precursor to the idea of history. In the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, metempsychosis serves as a form of American self-knowing – the effort to reshape identity through a self’s heightened awareness of its own cognitive succession.

Product details

• Authors: John Michael Corrigan
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780823242344
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-4234-4
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies