Emerson's Literary CriticismRalph Waldo Emerson has always fascinated students of criticism and of American literature and thought. Emerson& ’ s Literary Criticism supplies the continuing need for an anthology. This collection brings together Emerson& ’ s literary criticism from a wide variety of sources. Eric W. Carlson has culled both the major statements of Emerson's critical principles and many secondary observations that illuminate them. Here are more than sixty selections on thirty-five critical topics. Headnotes provide valuable background. Carlson relates Emerson& ’ s critical principles to his philosophy, social thought, and literary milieu, and also to biographical details. Intended for the student as well as the researcher, this book amply illustrates Alfred Kazin's contention that Ralph Waldo Emerson was "one of the shrewdest critics who ever lived." |
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... hand whose beauty seemed to me to express Hope and Purity , and as that hand goes working , grasping , beckoning on , in the daily life of its owner , some of this high virtue , I think , will pass out of it . [ W ] 69. Ceremonies ...
... hand whose beauty seemed to me to express Hope and Purity , and as that hand goes working , grasping , beckoning on , in the daily life of its owner , some of this high virtue , I think , will pass out of it . [ W ] 69. Ceremonies ...
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... Hands to hands , and feet to feet , In one body grooms and brides ; Eldest rite , two married sides In every mortal meet ... hand ; In equal couples mated , Or else alternated ; Adding by their mutual gage , One to other , health and age ...
... Hands to hands , and feet to feet , In one body grooms and brides ; Eldest rite , two married sides In every mortal meet ... hand ; In equal couples mated , Or else alternated ; Adding by their mutual gage , One to other , health and age ...
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... hands all point in the direction in which he should go . The Church has reared him amidst rites and pomps , and he carries ... hand . The world has brought him thus far on his way . The human race has gone out before him , sunk the hills ...
... hands all point in the direction in which he should go . The Church has reared him amidst rites and pomps , and he carries ... hand . The world has brought him thus far on his way . The human race has gone out before him , sunk the hills ...
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