Understanding Emerson The American Scholar and His Struggle for Self-Reliance |
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| Author:
| Sacks, Kenneth S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-09982-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $68.00 |
Book Description:
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A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost thoughts. This title draws on contemporary correspondence and diaries to reveal a young intellectual struggling to define himself and his principles.
A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost thoughts. This title draws on contemporary correspondence and diaries to reveal a young intellectual struggling to define himself and his principles.