The Emerson Dilemma by Armida Gilbert

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The Emerson Dilemma by Armida Gilbert

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Zusammenfassung

The essays cover Emerson’s reform thought and activism from his early career as a Unitarian minister through his reaction to the Civil War. In addition to Emerson’s antislavery position, the collection covers his complex relationship to the early women’s rights movement and American Indian removal.

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The Emerson Dilemma by Armida Gilbert

This text juxtaposes the traditional image of Emerson the trancendentalist with the image of Emerson the reformer. It highlights the dilemma between his philosophical attraction to solitary contemplation and the demands of activism compelled by his own writings.

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T. GREGORY GARVEY is an associate professor of English at the State University of New York at Brockport.

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ISBN 13 9780820322414
ISBN 10 0820322415
Titel The Emerson Dilemma
Autor Tgregory Garvey
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag University of Georgia Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2001-01-31
Seitenanzahl 312
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