Emerson

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Harvard University Press, 2004-09-30 - 416 psl.
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"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."

Born into the age of inspired amateurism that emerged from the ruins of pre-revolutionary political, religious, and cultural institutions, Emerson took up the challenge of thinking about the role of the United States alone and in the world. With characteristic authority and grace, Buell conveys both the style and substance of Emerson's accomplishment--in his conception of America as the transplantation of Englishness into the new world, and in his prodigious work as writer, religious thinker, and philosopher. Here we see clearly the paradoxical key to his success, the fierce insistence on independence that acted so magnetically upon all around him. Steeped in Emerson's writings, and in the life and lore of the America of his day, Buell's book is as individual--and as compelling--as its subject. At a time when Americans and non-Americans alike are struggling to understand what this country is, and what it is about, Emerson gives us an answer in the figure of this representative American, an American for all, and for all times.

 

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Tough book to read, but well worth it. Good fodder for future reflection: 1. imitation is suicide - when Jesus calls the disciples, something there. 2. how to use language. ability to speak to both ... Skaityti visą apžvalgą

Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a poet, essayist, and philosopher whose provocative thoughts transcend a variety of fields, including philosophy, literature, and politics, to name but a few, and have inspired ... Skaityti visą apžvalgą

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List of Illustrations
Emersonian SelfReliance in Theory and Practice
Emersonian Poetics
Religious Radicalisms
Emerson as a Philosopher?
Emerson and Abolition
Emerson as AntiMentor
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Lawrence Buell is Powell M. Cabot Research Professor of American Literature at Harvard University.

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PavadinimasEmerson
AutoriusLawrence Buell
LeidėjasHarvard University Press, 2004
ISBN0674262417, 9780674262416
Ilgis416 psl.
  
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