| Description |
1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations. |
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Historical guides to American authors |
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Historical guides to American authors.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 : a brief biography / Ronald A. Bosco -- The age of the first person singular : Emerson and individualism / Wesley T. Mott -- Emerson, nature, and natural science / William Rossi -- Emerson and religion / David M. Robinson -- Emerson and antislavery / Gary Collison -- Emerson in the context of the woman's rights movement / Armida Gilbert -- We find what we seek : Emerson and his biographers / Ronald A. Bosco. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was the acknowledged leader of the Transcendentalist movement. His poetic legacy, education ideals, and religious concepts are integral to the formation of American intellectual life. This work discusses biographical details of Emerson's life as well as women's rights, slavery, transcendentalism, and religion. |
| Subject |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Authors, American -- 19th century.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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| Added Author |
Myerson, Joel.
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| Added Title |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Historical guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 (DLC) 99013122 |
| ISBN |
142940132X (electronic bk.) |
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9781429401326 (electronic bk.) |
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