Emerson on the scholar / Merton M. Sealts, Jr.
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1992. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #388981
ISBN: 0826208312
Physical description; 326 pp.: illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; pt. 1. Toward "The American Scholar" I. Find Your Calling. 1. Emerson and the Church, 1821-1812. 2. Pulpit and the Platform, 1832-1831. 3. Biography and Literature. II. Life Into Truth. 4. Nature, 1836. 5. Human Nature, 1836-1837. 6. Man Thinking: "The American Scholar," 1837 -- pt. 2. The Scholar Engaged. III. "The New Philosophy" 7. "A sad self-knowledge," 1838-1839. 8. Transition, 1839-1842. 9. Expression, 1842-1844. 10. Representation, 1845-1846. IV. The Scholar's Dilemma. 11. The Scholar and Reform, 1837-1844. 12. New and Larger Circles, 1845-1850. 13. The Scholar and Public Affairs, 1850-1865. V. The Sage of Concord. 14. England and America, 1847-1856. 15. Other Slaves to Free, 1851-1860. 16. Terminus, 1860-1882 -- Epilogue: The Scholar As Teacher. Subjects; Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882. American scholar. Knowledge and learning. Intellectual life. United States Intellectual life 19th century.
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