| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages). |
| Series |
Modern and contemporary poetics |
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Modern and contemporary poetics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Toward a Theory of Democratic Symbolic Action; 2. The Motives of Emancipated Prose: Emerson and the Collaborating Reader; 3. Ralph Waldo's Blues, Take 2: Ellison's Changes; 4. Tribes of New York: Frank O'Hara, Amiri Baraka, and the Poetics of the Five Spot; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and any pragmatic thought that aspires toward democracy canno. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Influence.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. (OCoLC)fst00028085
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Literature, Experimental -- History and criticism.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Pragmatism in literature.
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Music and literature.
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Race in literature.
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Poetics.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Jazz.
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Literature, Experimental.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
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Literature, Experimental. (OCoLC)fst01000149
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Music and literature. (OCoLC)fst01030479
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Poetics. (OCoLC)fst01067682
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Pragmatism in literature. (OCoLC)fst01074584
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Race in literature. (OCoLC)fst01086506
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Magee, Michael, 1971- Emancipating pragmatism. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2003020879 |
| ISBN |
9780817382049 (electronic bk.) |
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0817382046 (electronic bk.) |
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