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Author Mitchell, Charles E., 1942-

Title Individualism and its discontents : appropriations of Emerson, 1880-1950 / Charles E. Mitchell.

Imprint Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  818.3 Em34Dm    ---  Axe Inventory 2024
Description xii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-217) and index.
Contents An individualism of vaporous spirituality -- The aroma of personality and the dignity of clean living -- The undersexed valetudinarian : Emerson and modern criticism -- William James and the varieties of Emerson -- W.E.B. Du Bois and the implications of pragmatism -- Inclusiveness without redundancy : William Carlos Williams in the Emersonian grain -- Emersonian refractions.
Subject Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Political and social views.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Influence.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Individualism -- United States -- History.
Individualism in literature.
United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918.
United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945.
ISBN 1558490736 (alk. paper)

 
    
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