Emerson : : The Roots of Prophecy / / Evelyn Barish.

Evelyn Barish began this book partly to inquire into a silence--Ralph Waldo Emerson's failure to discuss or mourn his father, who died when the boy was seven years old. As she probed the meaning of this loss, she found herself tracing the development of an American prophet, producing a detailed...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1990
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1034
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
  • Abbreviations of Names
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. PARENTS
  • Chapter 2. AUNT
  • Chapter 3. YOUTH
  • Chapter 4. ROMANCE
  • Chapter 5. HUME
  • Chapter 6. HISTORY
  • Chapter 7. THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT
  • Chapter 8. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
  • Chapter 9. THE MOONLESS NIGHT
  • Chapter 10. THE HOUSE OF PAIN
  • Chapter 11. THE FRUITS OF SUMMER
  • Chapter 12. MARRIAGE
  • Chapter 13. ADAM'S ANSWER
  • EPILOGUE
  • Index