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Emerson and the Climates of History /

This book brings together a wide range of materials from history, religion, philosophy, horticulture, and meteorology to argue that Emerson articulates his conception of history through the language of the weather. Focusing on Emerson's persistent use of climatic and meteorological metaphors, t...

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Autor principal: Cadava, Eduardo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface: "We Cannot Write the Order of the Variable Winds"
  • Chapter One. The Climates of History
  • Chapter Two. Nature's Archives
  • Chapter Three. The Rhetoric of Slavery and War
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index