02038nam a22003258a 4500 CR9781139235594 UkCbUP 20170413094208.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120123s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139235594 (ebook) 9781107028012 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda PS1631 .R36 2014 814/.3 B 23 Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context / Edited by Wesley T. Mott. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Literature in Context Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This collection of newly commissioned essays maps the vital contextual backgrounds to Ralph Waldo Emerson's life and work. The volume begins with a detailed chronology of Emerson's life and publishing history, setting the stage for a wide-ranging discussion of his geographic and environmental contexts from early and later life, including his travels and intellectual encounters with the United States, Europe and Asia. It goes on to survey the intellectual terrain of the nineteenth century, exploring Emerson's relationship with key philosophical, aesthetic, theological, scientific, familial, social and political contexts and issues. Finally, it assesses the popular and critical receptions that have solidified Emerson's legacy as a towering figure in American literature, criticism and culture today. Fans, students and scholars will turn to this reference time and again for a fuller understanding of this seminal American writer. Mott, Wesley T., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107028012 Literature in Context. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139235594 179316 179316