Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107028012)

This collection of newly commissioned essays maps the vital contextual backgrounds to Ralph Waldo Emerson's life and work. The volume begins with a detailed chronology of Emerson's life and publishing history, setting the stage for a wide-ranging discussion of his geographic and environmental contexts from early and later life, including his travels and intellectual encounters with the United States, Europe, and Asia. It goes on to survey the intellectual terrain of the nineteenth century, exploring Emerson's relationship with key philosophical, aesthetic, theological, scientific, familial, social, and political contexts and issues. Finally, it assesses the popular and critical receptions that have solidified Emerson's legacy as a towering figure in American literature, criticism, and culture today. Fans, students, and scholars will turn to this reference time and again for a fuller understanding of this seminal American writer.

Author: Wesley T. Mott
ISBN-10: 1107028019
ISBN-13: 9781107028012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2013
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 447