The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo EmersonJoel Porte (ed), Saundra Morris Cambridge University Press, 1999 M04 28 - 280 pages The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is intended to provide a critical introduction to Emerson's work. The tradition of American literature and philosophy as we know it at the end of the twentieth century was largely shaped by Emerson's example and practice. This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader a collection of fresh interpretations of Emerson's writing, milieu, influence, and cultural significance. All essays are newly commissioned for this volume, written at an accessible yet challenging level, and augmented by a comprehensive chronology and bibliography. |
Contents
Transcendentalism and Its Times | 13 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson in His Family | 30 |
The Radical Emerson? | 49 |
Emerson as Lecturer Man Thinking Man Saying | 76 |
Emerson and Nature | 97 |
Essays First Series 1841 | 106 |
Transcendental Friendship Emerson Fuller and Thoreau | 121 |
Tears for Emerson Essays Second Series | 140 |
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