Emerson as Poet

by Hyatt H. Waggoner

Book Overview

Since Yvor Winters' famous denunciation of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his writings in the 1930s, major critics have been silent on the subject, and Emerson scholars have generally avoided critical evaluation. Hyatt H. Waggoner reopens the debate, arguing that past criticism of Emerson has been limited by the inevitable but unfortunate influences of cultural relativism and personal taste. He suggests that by concentrating on the stabilities, on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691618216
• ISBN13: 9780691618210
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"