The Critical Reception of Emerson: Unsettling All Things - Couverture rigide

Wider, Sarah Ann

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1571131663 ISBN 13 : 9781571131669

Editeur : Camden House Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Since the 1820s, Ralph Waldo Emerson has provoked an unsettled response from his readers and contentiousness among critics. Critics still contest Emerson's position: Was he poet or philosopher? Did he liberate American literature or narrow it to a one-dimensional idea? Is his signature concept of self-reliance the most profound contribution to democratic individualism or the epitome of capitalism's impoverished thought? But by the mid 20th century the swing between condemnation and celebration of Emerson had given way to the familiar story of his bisected career, which provided a neat structure for viewing his life and work, and shaped our thought about him. Now that story is being challenged by the application of poststructuralism and textual editing, and with the publication of an amazing repertoire of editions, the Emerson canon is changing. The result is that Emerson criticism now faces a far more complex group of writings than before. One hundred and fifty years after Emerson styled himself an 'experimenter' who would 'unsettle all things, ' this new critical history illustrates the continuing, thought-provoking success of that experiment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Camden House Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1571131663
• ISBN 13: 9781571131669
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible