The Critical Reception of Emerson: Unsettling All Things

by Sarah Ann Wider

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571131663
• ISBN13: 9781571131669
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"