Understanding Emerson: The American Scholar and His Struggle for Self-Reliance

by Kenneth S. Sacks and Jane Wong

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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 address and the most celebrated talk in American academic history--suggest a different Emerson. In Understanding Emerson, Kenneth Sacks draws on a wealth...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691099820

ISBN13:9780691099828

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

American Literature Americas Classics Criticism & Theory Essays Essays & Correspondence History History & Criticism Literary Literary Criticism

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