Emerson's prose and poetry : authoritative texts, contexts, criticism

Author(s)

• Emerson, Ralph Waldo
• Porte, Joel Miles
• Morris, Saundra

Bibliographic Information

Emerson's prose and poetry : authoritative texts, contexts, criticism

selected and edited by Joel Porte, Saundra Morris

（Norton critical editions）

W.W. Norton, c2001

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 794-797) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The selections include Emerson's major sermons, lectures, essays, addresses, and poems, as well as excerpts from his journals, notebooks, and correspondence. "Contexts" addresses the topics of American Transcendentalism, philosophy, and Emerson's contemporary reception. "Criticism" includes thirteen twentieth-century essays by O. W. Firkins, Stephen E. Whicher, Perry Miller, Joel Porte, Hyatt H. Waggoner, Julie Ellison, Michael T. Gilmore, Barbara Packer, Stanley Cavell, Cornel West, Len Gougeon, Richard Poirier, and Saundra Morris. A Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Index are included.

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Details

• NCID: BA52067427
• ISBN:
  • 9780393967920
• LCCN: 00056879
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 800 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS1603
  • DC21 : 814/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00246310