The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is intended to provide a critical introduction to Emerson's work. The tradition of American literature and philosophy as we know it at the end of the twentieth century was largely shaped by Emerson's example and practice. This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader a collection of fresh interpretations of Emerson's writing, milieu, influence, and cultural significance. All essays are newly commissioned for this volume, written at an accessible yet challenging level, and augmented by a comprehensive chronology and bibliography.
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The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is intended to provide a critical introduction to Emerson's work. The tradition of American literature and philosophy as we know it at the end of the twentieth century was largely shaped by Emerson's example and practice. This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader a collection of fresh interpretations of Emerson's writing, milieu, influence, and cultural significance. All essays are newly commissioned for this volume, written at an accessible yet challenging level, and augmented by a comprehensive chronology and bibliography.
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New York, The Sphinx, New England, The Conduct of Life, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Harvard University Press, The Dial, The American Scholar, Brook Farm, Oxford University Press, English Traits, The Transcendentalists, Joel Porte, Man the Reformer, Second Series, Yale University Press, First Series, Len Gougeon, Divinity School, American Renaissance, Ellen Tucker Emerson, Leaves of Grass, Princeton University Press, Virtue's Hero Browse Sample Pages:
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