| Description |
vii, 181 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Papers from two sessions of the English Institute, held in 1973 and 1974. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Essays to help you understand and appreciate the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| Contents |
Emerson the prophet: romanticism, Puritanism, and auto-American-biography / Sacvan Bercovitch -- Emerson and the American metamorphosis / Daniel B. Shea -- R.W. Emerson: the circles of the eye / James M. Cox -- Emerson, England, and fate / Phyllis Cole -- Emerson and the imperial self: a European critique / Maurice Gonnaud -- Freshness of transformation: Emerson's dialectics of influence / Harold Bloom -- Emerson: the paradox of organic form / Albert Gelpi. |
| Subject |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Levin, David, 1924-1998.
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| ISBN |
0231040008 |
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9780231040006 |
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