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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... whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind .... The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics . " 14 Such passages resemble Jonathan Edwards's Images ; or , Shadows of Divine Things , entries # 8 and # 59 , the latter ...
... whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind .... The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics . " 14 Such passages resemble Jonathan Edwards's Images ; or , Shadows of Divine Things , entries # 8 and # 59 , the latter ...
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... whole land for thy park and manor , the sea for thy bath and navi- gation , without tax and without envy ; the woods and the rivers thou shalt own , and thou shalt possess that wherein others are only tenants and boarders . Thou true ...
... whole land for thy park and manor , the sea for thy bath and navi- gation , without tax and without envy ; the woods and the rivers thou shalt own , and thou shalt possess that wherein others are only tenants and boarders . Thou true ...
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... whole nation who regard him as a person- age who has been greatly wronged , and in which he is really the subject of a covert worship . As a study in language , the use of this word is curious , to see how words help us and must be ...
... whole nation who regard him as a person- age who has been greatly wronged , and in which he is really the subject of a covert worship . As a study in language , the use of this word is curious , to see how words help us and must be ...
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