An uneasy solitude : individual and society in the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson / by Maurice Gonnaud ; translated by Lawrence Rosenwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonnaud, Maurice, author.

Contributor:

Rosenwald, Lawrence, translator.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library ; 817

Standardized Title:

Individu et société dans l'œuvre de R.W. Emerson. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Political and social views.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Social psychology in literature.

Individualism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (507 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This subtle intellectual biography juxtaposes Ralph Waldo Emerson's revolutionary spiritual thinking with his elitist ideas of race and property--a contrast so sharp as to make his personality seem almost incoherent." Writing in (he great modern tradition of French anglicisles, Maurice Gonnaud compares Emerson's taste for solitude and the lyric ardor it awakened in him to his efforts to confront the social pressures of his times.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Cheyfitz, Eric

Translator's Preface

Author's Preface to the French Edition

Abbreviations

PART I. The Uncertainties of a Vocation

1. The Family Milieu

2. Harvard: An Apprenticeship in Solitude

3. The Schoolteacher Feels His Way

4. The Ministry, or, An Attempt at the Safe Middle Way

PART II. The Discovery and Glorification of the Self

5. The Road to Concord

6. Prophecies and Epiphany

7. Organizing Victory

8. From Affirmation to Challenge

PART III. From Ideal Democracy to Natural Aristocracy

9. Malaise

10. Exploring the Problems

11. Equilibrium Regained

PART IV. Individual and Citizen

12. The Thorn in the Flesh

13. A Surrogate Optimism

14. The Last Struggle

Bibliography of Emerson's Writings

Index

Notes:

Translation of: L'individu et societe dans l'uvre de R.W. Emerson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63216-2

0-691-60270-0

1-4008-5890-9

OCLC:

889251670