Emerson /
Born into the age of inspired amateurism that emerged from the ruins of pre-revolutionary political, religious, and cultural institutions, Emerson took up the challenge of thinking about the role of the United States alone and in the world. In this book Lawrence Buell conveys both the style and subs...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2003.
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| Summary: | Born into the age of inspired amateurism that emerged from the ruins of pre-revolutionary political, religious, and cultural institutions, Emerson took up the challenge of thinking about the role of the United States alone and in the world. In this book Lawrence Buell conveys both the style and substance of Emerson's accomplishment--in his conception of America as the transplantation of Englishness into the new world, and in his prodigious work as writer, religious thinker, and philosopher. Here we see the paradoxical key to his success, the fierce insistence on independence that acted so magnetically upon all around him. At a time when Americans and non-Americans alike are struggling to understand what this country is, and what it is about, Emerson gives us an answer in the figure of this representative American, an American for all, and for all times. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 397 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2003. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674011392 9780674011397 0674016378 9780674016378 0674016270 9780674016279 |