Emerson: The Mind on Fire

1331 Pages·1996·3.96 MB·English

by  Robert D. Richardson

title: Emerson : The Mind On Fire : a Biography
author: Richardson, Robert D.
publisher: University of California Press
isbn10 | asin: 0520206894
print isbn13: 9780520206892
ebook isbn13: 9780585249995
language: English
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882,
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--
subject
Knowledge and learning, Authors,
American--19th century--Biography.
publication date: 1996
lcc: PS1631.R53 1996eb
ddc: 814/.3
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882,
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--
subject:
Knowledge and learning, Authors,
American--19th century--Biography.
A CENTENNIAL BOOK
One hundred books published between 1990 and 1995 bear this
special imprint of the University of California Press. We have chosen
each Centennial Book as an example of the Press's finest publishing
and bookmaking traditions as we celebrate the beginning of our
second century.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Founded in 1893
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Emerson
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Emerson
The Mind on Fire
A Biography By
Robert D. Richardson Jr.
With a Frontispiece
By Barry Moser
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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The publisher wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the generous
support
of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
Copyright © 1995 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Richardson, Robert D., 1934-
Emerson: the mind on fire / Robert D. Richardson, Jr.; with a
frontispiece by Barry Moser.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-08808-5 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN 0-520-20689-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Biography. 2. Emerson, Ralph
Waldo, 1803-1882Knowledge and learning. 3. Authors,
American19th centuryBiography. I. Title.
PS1631.R53 1995
814'.3dc20 94-36008
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence
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ForAnnie
who also knows the days to be gods
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CONTENTS
Preface xi
The Student 1
1. Prologue.
2. Emerson at Harvard.
3. The March of Mind.
4. Home and Family.
5. The Angel of Death.
6. Scottish Common Sense.
7. The Brothers Emerson.
8. The Young Writer.
9. The Paradise of Dictionaries and Critics.
10. Mme. de Staël and the Other Germany. Divinity
Studies.
Divinity 61
11. Pray without Ceasing.
12. The Prince of Lipona.
13. The Balance Beam.
14. Ellen Tucker.
15. Ordination and Marriage: Love and Reason.
16. We Are What We Know.