Emerson and the Orphic Poet in America / R. A. Yoder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoder, R. A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--In literature.

Orpheus.

American poetry--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1978]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. The Growth of an Orphic Mind

II. High Arguments in the Negative Way

III. Orpheus in the Mid-World

IV. First Poetic Fruits

V. Fables of Apocalypse

VI. Metamorphoses; or, The Beautiful Changes

VII. Toward the Titmouse Dimension

VIII. Orpheus Descending

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520338531

0520338537

OCLC:

1153474440