UID:
almafu_9959230087202883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-73071-8
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9786611730710
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0-300-13057-0
Content:
Emerson and Thoreau are the most celebrated odd couple of nineteenth-century American literature. Appearing to play the roles of benign mentor and eager disciple, they can also be seen as bitter rivals: America's foremost literary statesman, protective of his reputation, and an ambitious and sometimes refractory protégé. The truth, Joel Porte maintains, is that Emerson and Thoreau were complementary literary geniuses, mutually inspiring and inspired.In this book of essays, Porte focuses on Emerson and Thoreau as writers. He traces their individual achievements and their points of intersection, arguing that both men, starting from a shared belief in the importance of "self-culture," produced a body of writing that helped move a decidedly provincial New England readership into the broader arena of international culture. It is a book that will appeal to all readers interested in the writings of Emerson and Thoreau.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE --
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ONE. Emerson, Thoreau, and the Double Consciousness --
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TWO. Transcendental Antics --
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THREE. The Problem of Emerson --
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FOUR. Representing America --
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FIVE. Emerson as Journalist --
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SIX. Emerson at Harvard --
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SEVEN. Holmes's Emerson --
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EIGHT. Emerson's French Connection --
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NINE. Henry Thoreau and the Reverend 125 Poluphloisboios Thalassa --
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TEN. Society and Solitude --
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ELEVEN. "God Himself Culminates in the Present 159 Moment": Thoughts on Thoreau's Faith --
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TWELVE. "In Wildness is the Preservation of the World": 169 The Natural History of Henry David Thoreau --
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THIRTEEN. Writing and Reading New Englandly --
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --
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NOTES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE --
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-10446-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300130577
