Emerson's Pragmatic Vision: The Dance of the Eye

by David Jacobson

Book Overview

The long ignored philosophical content of Emerson's writings has recently emerged as a central topic in Emerson studies. In Emerson's Pragmatic Vision, David Jacobson enters the discussion, placing Emerson in a line of philosophers from Kant and Hegel to Heidegger and Derrida, and adding to our understanding of his philosophical appropriations and anticipations. In the process Jacobson shows how Emerson grappled not only with basic issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271026456
• ISBN13: 9780271026459
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"