Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson

Zusatztext Chief among the accomplishments of A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the book's effective relocation of Emerson within the major literary, historical, and cultural contexts of nineteenth-century American life. Edited by Joel Myerso? Informationen zum Autor Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Southern Carolina. He edited Studies in the American Renaissance (1977-1996) and is former president of the Association for Documentary Editing, the Thoreau Society, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. He was published numerous books on Emerson and his times. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Ralph Waldo Emerson has maintained his place as one of the seminal figures in American history and literature. He was the acknowledged leader of the Transcendentalist movement. This study gathers essays that discuss Emerson's life as well as women's rights, slavery, transcendentalism, and religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronologies Illustrations Abbreviations We Fine What We Seek: Thoughts Toward a Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson The Age of the First Person Singular: Emerson and Individualism Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science Emerson and Religion Emerson and Antislavery Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement Contributors Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joel Myerson, Joel (Carolina Distinguished Professor of Myerson
• Con la collaborazione di: Joel Myerson (Editore), Myerson Joel (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780195120943
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512094-3
• Pagine: 332
• Serie: Historical Guides to American Authors; Historical Guides to American; Historical Guides to American Authors
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, North America, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, North America (USA and Canada), Literary studies: poetry and poets