A liberal education in late Emerson : readings in the rhetoric of mind /

Recent scholarship has inspired growing interest in the later work of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and a recognition that the conventional view of an aging Emerson, distant from public matters and limited by declining mental powers, needs rethinking. Sean Meehan's book reclaims three importa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meehan, Sean Ross, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House., 2019.
Series:Mind and American literature.
Subjects:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Criticism and interpretation.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882
Education, Humanistic.
Éducation humaniste.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: late Emerson and the recomposition of liberal education
  • "Natural method of mental philosophy": William James's principles of pedagogy
  • "Education": Charles W. Eliot's invention of the university
  • "Poetry and imagination": rhetorical exercises in Walt Whitman's Gymnasium
  • "Eloquence": lessons in Emerson's rhetoric of metonymy.

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