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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... poet " because of his morbid and immoral view of life . By contrast with Byron , Shelley was praised for his aspiration , heroic character , and poetic mind , but , because of his uninspired language , “ never a poet . " Tennyson , too ...
... poet " because of his morbid and immoral view of life . By contrast with Byron , Shelley was praised for his aspiration , heroic character , and poetic mind , but , because of his uninspired language , “ never a poet . " Tennyson , too ...
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... poet who mounts by " the stairway of surprise " ( unpredictable moments of inspiration ) to the highest levels of realization and power . As for its poetic qualities , " Merlin " has been praised as one of Emerson's most noteworthy ...
... poet who mounts by " the stairway of surprise " ( unpredictable moments of inspiration ) to the highest levels of realization and power . As for its poetic qualities , " Merlin " has been praised as one of Emerson's most noteworthy ...
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... poetic element in any composition , and his thirst for this made him negligent and perhaps scornful of su- perficial graces . He would pass by many delicate rhythms , but he would have detected every live stanza or lines in a volume and ...
... poetic element in any composition , and his thirst for this made him negligent and perhaps scornful of su- perficial graces . He would pass by many delicate rhythms , but he would have detected every live stanza or lines in a volume and ...
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