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An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maurice Gonnaud
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Description for An Uneasy Solitude: Individual and Society in the Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hardback. Translator(s): Rosenwald, Lawrence. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BGH; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1085.
This subtle intellectual biography juxtaposes Ralph Waldo Emerson's revolutionary spiritual thinking with his elitist ideas of race and property--a contrast so sharp as to make his personality seem almost incoherent." Writing in (he great modern tradition of French anglicisles, Maurice Gonnaud compares Emerson's taste for solitude and the lyric ardor it awakened in him to his efforts to confront the social pressures of his times. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original ... Read more
This subtle intellectual biography juxtaposes Ralph Waldo Emerson's revolutionary spiritual thinking with his elitist ideas of race and property--a contrast so sharp as to make his personality seem almost incoherent." Writing in (he great modern tradition of French anglicisles, Maurice Gonnaud compares Emerson's taste for solitude and the lyric ardor it awakened in him to his efforts to confront the social pressures of his times. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
508
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691632162
SKU
V9780691632162
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