EmersonHarvard University Press, 2004-09-30 - 416 psl. "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote--and in this book, the leading scholar of New England literary culture looks at the long shadow Emerson himself has cast, and at his role and significance as a truly American institution. On the occasion of Emerson's 200th birthday, Lawrence Buell revisits the life of the nation's first public intellectual and discovers how he became a "representative man." |
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Rezultatai 1–5 iš 68
... influenced thinking in a wide range of areas, not just one or two. Chapters 3 through 7 dramatize this by taking up in succession his contributions to literature, religion, philosophy, social thought and reform, and what I call ...
... influenced by foreign models than by one another. One of Emerson's own major contributions to the intellectual life ... influence as a speaker and writer of comprehensive scope, addressing the branches of knowledge from religion, ethics ...
... understates the depth of his thinking and the scope of his achievement. In fact Emerson was remarkable for having influenced thinking in a wide range of areas, not just one 2 or two. Chapters 3 through 7 dramatize this by.
... influences. Although much of this revisionist history has involved retrieval of voices marginalized or silenced by the traditionally dominant Anglo-American culture to which Emerson belonged, by the same token it is all the more crucial ...
... influence of his spirit” might inspire all to “follow in that way to which he pointed.” 1 Today we have the historical knowledge and the critical distance to look further beyond the personage into the complexities of the thought, the ...
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2 Emersonian SelfReliance in Theory and Practice | 59 |
3 Emersonian Poetics | 107 |
4 Religious Radicalisms | 158 |
5 Emerson as a Philosopher? | 199 |
Emerson and Abolition | 242 |
7 Emerson as AntiMentor | 288 |
Notes | 337 |
Acknowledgments | 383 |
Index | 385 |