ISBN: 9780691254333 - glad to the brink of fear: a portrait of ralph waldo emerson (14 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 344 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 344 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 344 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 344 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his relevance to contemporary readersMore than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture. Yet his reputation as the starry-eyed prophet of self-reliance has obscured a much more complicated figure who spent a lifetime wrestling with injustice, philosophy, art, desire, and suffering. James Marcus introduces readers to this Emerson, a writer of self-interrogating genius whose visionary flights are always grounded in Yankee shrewdness.This Emerson is a rebel. He is also a lover, a friend, a husband, and a father. Having declared his great topic to be "the infinitude of the private man," he is nonetheless an intensely social being who develops Transcendentalism in the company of Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Bronson Alcott, and Theodore Parker. And although he resists political activism early onhoping instead for a revolution in consciousnessthe burning issue of slavery ultimately transforms him from cloistered metaphysician to fiery abolitionist.Drawing on telling episodes from Emerson's life alongside landmark essays like "Self-Reliance," "Experience," and "Circles," Glad to the Brink of Fear reveals how Emerson shares our preoccupations with fate and freedom, race and inequality, love and grief. It shows, too, how his desire to see the world afresh, rather than accepting the consensus view, is a lesson that never grows old.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJames Marcus is an editor, translator, and critic who has written and lectured widely on Emerson. His essays and criticism have appeared in leading publications such as The New Yorker, the Times Litera.