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PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
ISBN-100820322415
ISBN-139780820322414
eBay Product ID (ePID)1687614
Product Key Features
Number of Pages294 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEmerson Dilemma : Essays on Emerson and Social Reform
Publication Year2001
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, General, American / General, Social Science / Sociology, Subjects & Themes / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Robinson
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Juvenile Nonfiction, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-030217
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsA collection of authoritative essays treating a subject that is timely and will spur discussion and lively debate on the nature and extent of Emerson's reformist impulses., "A collection of authoritative essays treating a subject that is timely and will spur discussion and lively debate on the nature and extent of Emerson's reformist impulses."--Ronald A. Bosco, University at Albany, State University of New York, "The traditional image of Emerson is that of a remote intellectual-an individual drawn to the quiet retreat of his study where he is free to meditate and compose undisturbed by the intrusions of the practical world. This edited collection of eleven original essays challenges that notion. Each essay focuses on the relation between Emerson's writings, sermons, and speeches and the social and political activism they engendered. What emerges is the image of Emerson putting his ideas into action."--Choice, "The traditional image of Emerson is that of a remote intellectual-an individual drawn to the quiet retreat of his study where he is free to meditate and compose undisturbed by the intrusions of the practical world. This edited collection of eleven original essays challenges that notion. Each essay focuses on the relation between Emerson's writings, sermons, and speeches and the social and political activism they engendered. What emerges is the image of Emerson putting his ideas into action."-- Choice, The traditional image of Emerson is that of a remote intellectual-an individual drawn to the quiet retreat of his study where he is free to meditate and compose undisturbed by the intrusions of the practical world. This edited collection of eleven original essays challenges that notion. Each essay focuses on the relation between Emerson's writings, sermons, and speeches and the social and political activism they engendered. What emerges is the image of Emerson putting his ideas into action.
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal814/.3
SynopsisThis gathering of eleven original essays with a substantive introduction brings the traditional image of Emerson the Transcendentalist face-to-face with an emerging image of Emerson the reformer. The Emerson Dilemma highlights the conflict between Emerson's philosophical attraction to solitary contemplation and the demands of activism compelled by the logic of his own writings. The essays cover Emerson's reform thought and activism from his early career as a Unitarian minister through his reaction to the Civil War. In addition to Emerson's antislavery position, the collection covers his complex relationship to the early women's rights movement and American Indian removal. Individual essays also compare Emerson's reform ethics with those of his wife, Lidian Jackson Emerson, his aunt Mary Moody, Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and Margaret Fuller. The Emerson who emerges from this volume is one whose Transcendentalism is explicitly politicized; thus, we see him consciously mediating between the opposing forces of the world he "thought" and the world in which he lived., This gathering of eleven original essays with a substantive introduction brings the traditional image of Emerson the Transcendentalist face-to-face with an emerging image of Emerson the reformer. The Emerson Dilemma highlights the conflict between Emerson's philosophical attraction to solitary contemplation and the demands of activism compelled by the logic of his own writings. The essays cover Emerson's reform thought and activism from his early career as a Unitarian minister through his reaction to the Civil War. In addition to Emerson's antislavery position, the collection covers his complex relationship to the early women's rights movement and American Indian removal. Individual essays also compare Emerson's reform ethics with those of his wife, Lidian Jackson Emerson, his aunt Mary Moody, Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and Margaret Fuller. The Emerson who emerges from this volume is one whose Transcendentalism is explicitly politicized; thus, we see him consciously mediating between the opposing forces of the world he ?thought? and the world in which he lived., The essays cover Emerson's reform thought and activism from his early career as a Unitarian minister through his reaction to the Civil War. In addition to Emerson's antislavery position, the collection covers his complex relationship to the early women's rights movement and American Indian removal.
LC Classification NumberPS1642.S58E44 2001
