Emerson's Civil Wars: Spirit and Society in the Age of Abolition

by Kenneth S. Sacks

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Kenneth S. Sacks explores how America's first public intellectual, determined to live self-reliantly, wrestled with his personal philosophy and eventually supported collective action to abolish slavery. Ralph Waldo Emerson was successful in creating a national audience for his philosophy and enjoyed the material and social rewards of that success. Contrary to most other Emerson scholars, however, Sacks argues that Emerson resisted active abolition...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1009504886

ISBN13:9781009504881

Release Date:December 2024

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:268 Pages

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