Emerson, Romanticism, and Intuitive Reason: The Transatlantic "light of All Our Day""Comparative study in transatlantic Romanticism that traces the links between German idealism, British Romanticism (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Carlyle), and American Transcendentalism. Focuses on Emerson's development and use of the concept of intuitive Reason, which became the intellectual and emotional foundation of American Transcendentalism"--Provided by publisher. |
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Page ix
... Prospectus” to The Recluse, one of Emerson's favorite poems. A half-dozen other mentors have been, at different times over the years, what Wordsworth and Emerson called “benefactors”: Eliza- beth Sewell, author of The Orphic Voice, and ...
... Prospectus” to The Recluse, one of Emerson's favorite poems. A half-dozen other mentors have been, at different times over the years, what Wordsworth and Emerson called “benefactors”: Eliza- beth Sewell, author of The Orphic Voice, and ...
Page xi
... “ Song ” in the great “ Prospectus , ” With star - like virtue in its place may shine Shedding benignant influence . Abbreviations The following abbreviations , which appear parenthetically through- out Acknowledgments xi.
... “ Song ” in the great “ Prospectus , ” With star - like virtue in its place may shine Shedding benignant influence . Abbreviations The following abbreviations , which appear parenthetically through- out Acknowledgments xi.
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... Prospectus ” to The Recluse , which ( despite his notorious emphasis on the shorter lyrics at the ex- pense of the longer works ) Arnold cites four times in the essay ( 377 , 379 , 381 , 382 ) . Comparing Wordsworth and Emerson in ...
... Prospectus ” to The Recluse , which ( despite his notorious emphasis on the shorter lyrics at the ex- pense of the longer works ) Arnold cites four times in the essay ( 377 , 379 , 381 , 382 ) . Comparing Wordsworth and Emerson in ...
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... Prospectus ” to The Recluse , the chapter examines the similarly humanized and “ Orphic ” revelations in the introduction to and peroration of Emerson's Nature , and concludes by completing the Wordsworthian and Emersonian texts with ...
... Prospectus ” to The Recluse , the chapter examines the similarly humanized and “ Orphic ” revelations in the introduction to and peroration of Emerson's Nature , and concludes by completing the Wordsworthian and Emersonian texts with ...
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... Prospectus ” — “ rose in the winter nights , and hung over Boston , draw- ing the eyes of ingenuous young people to look up to that star ... as it led them forward along new paths , and towards new hope . America had seen no such light ...
... Prospectus ” — “ rose in the winter nights , and hung over Boston , draw- ing the eyes of ingenuous young people to look up to that star ... as it led them forward along new paths , and towards new hope . America had seen no such light ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 Intuitive Reason | 46 |
Chapter 3 Emersons Discipleship | 80 |
Chapter 4 Emersons Discipleship | 118 |
Chapter 5 Powers and Pulsations | 153 |
Chapter 6 Intuition and Tuition | 184 |
Chapter 7 Passivity and Activity | 223 |
Chapter 10 Emerson among the Orphic Poets | 355 |
Chapter 11 Emersonian Optimism and The Stream of Tendency | 397 |
Chapter 12 Wordsworthian Hope | 425 |
Chapter 13 Mourning Becomes Morning | 447 |
Chapter 14 Wordsworths OdeWaldo and Threnody | 472 |
Appendix LAODAMIA AND DION | 512 |
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