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1 online resource (xxviii, 186 pages) |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: building their own Waldos -- A genre in transition: biography in the 1880s -- An act of wholesome and pure-hearted admiration: Emerson's first biographer, George Willis Cooke -- Biographers and the pornographer: Conway, Ireland, and "Emerson and his friends" -- Diagnosing the gentle iconoclast: Dr. Holmes on Emerson -- Authorizing Emerson's biography: Cabot and/or Edward Emerson -- Shelf life: the legacy of Emerson's first biographies. |
| Summary |
By the end of the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson was well on his way to becoming the & ldquo;Wisest American & rdquo; and the & ldquo;Sage of Concord, & rdquo; a literary celebrity and a national icon. With that fame came what Robert Habich describes as a blandly sanctified version of Emerson held widely by the reading public. Building Their Own Waldos sets out to understand the dilemma faced by Emerson & rsquo;s early biographers: how to represent a figure whose subversive individualism had been eclipsed by his celebrity, making him less a representative of his age than a caricature of it.℗¡D. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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History. |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. |
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Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Authors, American -- Biography. |
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American prose literature -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature. |
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Biography as a literary form.
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Biography as a literary form. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Habich, Robert D., 1951- Building their own Waldos. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011 9781587299629 (DLC) 2010033753 (OCoLC)657223825 |
| ISBN |
9781587299636 (e-book) |
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1587299631 (e-book) |
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9781587299629 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1587299623 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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