Understanding Emerson : "The American scholar" and his struggle for self-reliance /

A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost thoughts. Yet the circumstances around "The American Scholar" oration--his first great public a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sacks, Kenneth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2003]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882. > American scholar.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Knowledge and learning.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
American scholar (Emerson, Ralph Waldo)
1800-1899
Learning and scholarship in literature.
Self-reliance.
Self-confidence.
Savoir et érudition dans la littérature.
Confiance en soi.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Learning and scholarship.
Intellectual life.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
United States.
Alcott, Bronson.
Boston Quarterly Review.
Brook Farm.
Burke, Edmund.
Calvinism.
Carlyle, Jane.
Christian Examiner.
Common Sense philosophy.
Congregationalism.
Dwight, Timothy.
Everett, Alexander.
Freemasonry.
Friends of Progress.
Fuller, Margaret.
Graham, Sylvester.
Great Awakenings.
Harvard College.
Kant, Immanuel.
North American Review.
Parkman, Francis.
Perkins, Ephraim.
Pierce, John.
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Ticknor, George.
Trinitarian theology.
abolitionism.
antinomianism.
charity.
culture.
democracy.
double consciousness.
empiricism.
experience.
free speech.
gnosticism.
history as biography.
idealism.
institutions.
jeremiads.
languages, modern.
lyceum movement.
materialism.
miracles controversy.
moral philosophy.
natural law.
nature.
pragmatists.
realism.
revivalism.
scientific rationalism.
self-reliance.
temperance reform.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: "The American Scholar"
  • Chapter Two: America in "The American Scholar"
  • Chapter Three: The Scholar Transformed
  • Chapter Four: Self-Reliance
  • Chapter Five: Friends
  • Chapter Six: Alcott
  • Chapter Seven: Forever the American Scholar
  • Appendix: Text of "The American Scholar"
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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