Contributions

  • Wesley T. Mott (Editor) - Contributor
  • Robert E. Burkholder (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

1997-02-20 - University of Rochester Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL8675394M
  • ISBN-139781878822727
  • ISBN-101878822721
  • OCLC Control Number35229240
  • Library of Congress Control Number96034805
and 2 more
  • Goodreads915114
  • LibraryThing2730693

Classifications

  • LCCPS1633.E44 1997

Description

Emersonian Circles pays tribute to an essential tradition of literary scholarship and to the figure who has perhaps done more than anyone to sustain its vitality over the past generation. Bibliographer, editor and interpreter of the American Renaissance, Joel Myerson has devoted his academic career to recovering the literary legacy of the Transcendentalists and reconstructing the biographical and historical contexts in which they lived and wrote. This valuable collection gathers together original essays by fourteen scholars who share Joel Myerson's commitment to historically grounded investigations of American literature. Centered on Emerson and his circle, the pieces connect Transcendentalist thought to diverse contexts in antebellum America: family and gender relations, personal and professional friendships, the politics of antislavery, the transatlantic dialogue of American and British intellectuals.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Emersonian Circles: Essays in Honor of Joel MyersonHardcoverUniversity of Rochester Press1997-02-20

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