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Since Yvor Winters' famous denunciation of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his writings in the 1930s, major critics have been silent on the subject, and Emerson scholars have generally avoided critical evaluation. Hyatt H. Waggoner reopens the debate, arguing that past criticism of Emerson has been limited by the inevitable but unfortunate influences of cu



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on the Texts Used, pg. x*Preface, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: A Century of Critical Agreements and Disagreements, pg. 1*CHAPTER I: Rediscovering the "Voyager of Light and Noon", pg. 53*CHAPTER II: The Apprentice Years: Composer of Verses, pg. 75*CHAPTER III. The Achievement of the Poems: "Artful Thunder", pg. 108*CHAPTER IV. The Poetry of the Prose, pg. 161*CHAPTER V. Vision and Voice, pg. 192*Index, pg. 203

Emerson as Poet

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 8 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691618210
      978-0691618210
      ISBN-10 0691618216
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      Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Since Yvor Winters' famous denunciation of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his writings in the 1930s, major critics have been silent on the subject, and Emerson scholars have generally avoided critical evaluation. Hyatt H. Waggoner reopens the debate, arguing that past criticism of Emerson has been limited by the inevitable but unfortunate influences of cu



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on the Texts Used, pg. x*Preface, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: A Century of Critical Agreements and Disagreements, pg. 1*CHAPTER I: Rediscovering the "Voyager of Light and Noon", pg. 53*CHAPTER II: The Apprentice Years: Composer of Verses, pg. 75*CHAPTER III. The Achievement of the Poems: "Artful Thunder", pg. 108*CHAPTER IV. The Poetry of the Prose, pg. 161*CHAPTER V. Vision and Voice, pg. 192*Index, pg. 203

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