Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Making of a Democratic Intellectual

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Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans.

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• Authors: Peter S. Field
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2001
• EAN: 9780847688425
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8842-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous