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Book SynopsisEvelyn 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 intellectual biography of Emerson's early years up to
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works, pg. ix*Abbreviations of Names, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter 1. PARENTS, pg. 10*Chapter 2. AUNT, pg. 36*Chapter 3. YOUTH, pg. 54*Chapter 4. ROMANCE, pg. 72*Chapter 5. HUME, pg. 99*Chapter 6. HISTORY, pg. 116*Chapter 7. THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT, pg. 132*Chapter 8. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, pg. 145*Chapter 9. THE MOONLESS NIGHT, pg. 158*Chapter 10. THE HOUSE OF PAIN, pg. 177*Chapter 11. THE FRUITS OF SUMMER, pg. 198*Chapter 12. MARRIAGE, pg. 211*Chapter 13. ADAM'S ANSWER, pg. 229*EPILOGUE, pg. 250*Index, pg. 259
