A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

A vocal abolitionist before and during the Civil War, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was scorned by the South and embraced by the North as one of the nation's most prominent antislavery activists. After his death, however, the image of Emerson as a political thinker and activist faded from public memory, and he was remembered as a remote literary figure known for his writing on transcendentalism. An authoritative guide to the political thought of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813134307
• ISBN13: 9780813134307
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher