An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maurice Gonnaud
Translated by Lawrence Rosenwald
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:508
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9780691602707
ClassificationsDewey:814.3
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

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