Emerson for the twenty-first century / edited by Barry Tharaud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tharaud, Barry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century.

American literature.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

I. Emerson, Europe, and beyond

Barry Tharaud, "Emerson, literary globalism, and the circularity of influence"

Stephen L. Tanner, "The theme of mind in Emerson's English traits"

T. S. McMillin, "Beauty meets beast: Emerson's English traits"

Wesley T. Mott, "A tale of three cities: Emerson, Louis-Philippe, and transatlantic uses of great men"

Susan L. Dunston, "East of Emerson"

Steven Adisasmito-Smith, "Transcendental Brahmin: Emerson's 'Hindu' sentiments"

Jan Stievermann, "'We want men

who can open their eyes wider than to a nationality': Ralph Waldo Emerson's vision of an American world literature"

II. Emerson and science

Michael P. Branch, "Paths to Nature: Emerson's early natural history lectures"

Branka Arsić, "Nocturnal outings: Emerson on dreams"

David M. Robinson, "British science, the London lectures, and Emerson's philosophical reorientation"

Laura Dassow Walls, "'Every truth tends to become a power': Emerson, Faraday, and the minding of matter"

III. Emerson thinking

Gayle L. Smith, "Emerson on nature and the rhetoric of thought"

David LaRocca, "Seeing metaphors"

John Ronan, "Emerson's autobiographical philosophy"

John Michael, "Death, love, and Emerson's poetry"

George J. Stack and Mary DiMaria, "Emerson and postmodernism"

IV. Emerson and activism

David S. Reynolds, "Transcendentalism, transnationalism, and anti-slavery violence: Concord's embrace of John Brown"

Len Gougeon, "'Only justice satisfies all': Emerson's militant transcendentalism"

T. Gregory Garvey, "Simular man: Emerson and cosmopolitan identity"

Eduardo Cadava, "The guano of history".

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-936249-12-X

OCLC:

748362348