The Emerson dilemma : essays on Emerson and social reform / edited by T. Gregory Garvey.

Other author Garvey, T. Gregory, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxxviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Political and social views.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --19th century.
Social problems in literature.
United States--Social conditions. --19th century.

Contents Pt. 1. Emerson's other inner life. Reform and the interior landscape: mapping Emerson's political sermons / Susan L. Roberson ; Emerson's political spirit and the problem of language / T. Gregory Garvey ; Emerson, Thoreau's arrest, and the trials of American manhood / Linck C. Johnson -- Pt. 2. Emerson and women's rights. Pain and protest in the Emerson family / Phyllis Cole ; "Pierced by the thorns of reform": Emerson on Womanhood / Armida Gilbert ; The limits of political sympathy: Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and woman's rights / Jeffrey A. Steele -- Pt. 3. Transitions in antislavery. Emerson, slavery, and the evolution of the principle of self-reliance / Michael Strysick ; Emerson's abolition conversion / Len Gougeon ; Emerson, John Brown, and "Doing the word": the enactment of political religion at Harpers Ferry, 1859 / Harold K. Bush -- Pt. 4. Emerson's thought and the public sphere. Emerson's "American civilization": emancipation and the national destiny / David M. Robinson ; Power, poise, and place: toward an Emersonian theory of democratic citizenship / Stephen L. Esquith.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00030217
ISBN0820322415 (alk. paper)

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