ISBN: 9780195313925

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contex… Meer...

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contexts. Why does Emerson''s cultural legacy continue to influence writers so forcefully? In this innovativestudy Randall Fuller examines the way influential twentieth-century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America. He examines previously unpublished material and original research on Van Wyck Brooks, Perry Miller, F. O. Matthiessen, and Sacvan Bercovitch along with other supporting thinkers. Emerging from this research is not only the first in-depth account of Emerson''s cultural construction but also a deeply engaging institutional history of American literary studies in the twentieth century. A work of American literary history, Emerson''s Ghosts is also a fine-grained study of how the relationship between a scholar''s individual perspective and prevailing cultural conditions merge together to impel critics to redirect the course of a present moment - often experienced as disappointingand unfulfilled - toward a desired future. When an engaged but theoretical mind meets with an impassive history, the response that follows, for some of our most imaginative and brilliant critics, has led, often and suggestively, to a turn toward Emerson. Fuller speculates about why-why thatturn-and considers what it has meant for those that follow. His answers provide compelling reading for anyone interested in the convergent forces that have carved the panorama of American cultural history. | Emerson's Ghosts by Randall Fuller Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, Randall Fuller<

ISBN: 9780195313925

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contex… Meer...

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contexts. Why does Emerson''s cultural legacy continue to influence writers so forcefully? In this innovativestudy Randall Fuller examines the way influential twentieth-century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America. He examines previously unpublished material and original research on Van Wyck Brooks, Perry Miller, F.O. Matthiessen,and Sacvan Bercovitch along with other supporting thinkers. Emerging from this research is not only the first in-depth account of Emerson''s cultural construction but also a deeply engaging institutional history of American literary studies in the twentieth century.A work of American literary history, Emerson''s Ghosts is also a fine-grained study of how the relationship between a scholar''s individual perspective and prevailing cultural conditions merge together to impel critics to redirect the course of a present moment - often experienced as disappointingand unfulfilled - toward a desired future. When an engaged but theoretical mind meets with an impassive history, the response that follows, for some of our most imaginative and brilliant critics, has led, often and suggestively, to a turn toward Emerson. Fuller speculates about why--why thatturn--and considers what it has meant for those that follow. His answers provide compelling reading for anyone interested in the convergent forces that have carved the panorama of American cultural history. Books > Fiction and Literature > Literary Theory and Criticism > American List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780195313925

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contex… Meer...

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contexts. Why does Emerson''s cultural legacy continue to influence writers so forcefully? In this innovativestudy Randall Fuller examines the way influential twentieth-century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America. He examines previously unpublished material and original research on Van Wyck Brooks, Perry Miller, F.O. Matthiessen,and Sacvan Bercovitch along with other supporting thinkers. Emerging from this research is not only the first in-depth account of Emerson''s cultural construction but also a deeply engaging institutional history of American literary studies in the twentieth century.A work of American literary history, Emerson''s Ghosts is also a fine-grained study of how the relationship between a scholar''s individual perspective and prevailing cultural conditions merge together to impel critics to redirect the course of a present moment - often experienced as disappointingand unfulfilled - toward a desired future. When an engaged but theoretical mind meets with an impassive history, the response that follows, for some of our most imaginative and brilliant critics, has led, often and suggestively, to a turn toward Emerson. Fuller speculates about why--why thatturn--and considers what it has meant for those that follow. His answers provide compelling reading for anyone interested in the convergent forces that have carved the panorama of American cultural history. Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780195313925

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contex… Meer...

It is increasingly commonplace to find scholars who circle back to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his intellectual heirs as a way of better understanding contemporary social and aesthetic contexts. Why does Emerson's cultural legacy continue to influence writers so forcefully? In this innovative study, Randall Fuller examines the way pivotal twentieth-century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America. He examines previously unpublished material and original research on Van Wyck Brooks, Perry Miller, F.O. Matthiessen, and Sacvan Bercovitch along with other supporting thinkers. An engaging institutional history of American literary studies in the twentieth century, Emerson's Ghosts reveals the unexpected convergent forces that have shaped American cultural history in lasting ways. Trade Books>Hardcover>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Oxford University Press Core >2<

2007, ISBN: 9780195313925

Literature, Politics, and the Making of Americanists, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc]