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An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maurice Gonnaud
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Translated by Lawrence Rosenwald
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:508 | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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Category/Genre | Literary essays Literary studies - general |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691602707
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Classifications | Dewey:814.3 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
This subtle intellectual biography juxtaposes Ralph Waldo Emerson's revolutionary spiritual thinking with his elitist ideas of race and property--a contrast so sharp as to make his personality seem almost incoherent." Writing in (he great modern tradition of French anglicisles, Maurice Gonnaud compares Emerson's taste for solitude and the lyric ard
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