Emerson in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bosco, Ronald A.

Myerson, Joel.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Transcendentalists (New England)--Biography.

Transcendentalists (New England).

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xl, 262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2003]

Summary:

At his death, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was universally acknowledged in America and England as "the Great Romancer." Novels such as "The Scarlet Letter "and "The House of the Seven Gables "and stories published in such collections as "Twice-Told Tales "continue to capture the minds and imaginations of readers and critics to this day. Harder to capture, however, were the character and personality of the man himself. So few of the essays that appeared in the two years after his death offered new insights into his life, art, and reputation that Hawthorne seemed fated to premature obscurity or, at least, permanent misrepresentation. This first collection of personal reminiscences by those who knew Hawthorne intimately or knew about him through reliable secondary sources rescues him from these confusions and provides the real human history behind the successful writer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0877458413

0877458421

OCLC:

50761210