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Emerson, Ralph Waldo

 
9780674484788: 1860–1866 (Volume XV) (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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ISBN 10: 0674484789 ISBN 13: 9780674484788
Editorial: The Belknap Press, 1982

Sinopsis

The Civil War is a pervasive presence in the journals in this volume. “The war searches character,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote. Both his reading and his writing reflected his concern for the endurance of the nation, whose strength lay in the moral strength of the people. He read military biographies and memoirs, while turning again to Persian, Chinese, and Indian literature. The deaths of Clough, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and his aunt Mary Moody Emerson prompted him to reread their letters and journals, remembering and reappraising.

These were stirring, poignant years for Emerson. The times were hard, his lecturing was curtailed, and a new book seemed out of the question. He felt the losses, fears, and frustrations that come to those who believe in a cause they are too old to fight for. But his respected position as a man of letters brought him some unusual experiences, such as a trip to Washington in which he met President Lincoln, Secretaries Seward and Chase, and other key figures in the government. Inspecting West Point as a member of the Board of Visitors, he was deeply impressed by the character and spartan training of the cadets who were soon to see action.

At the war’s end, busy again with a heavy lecture schedule and feeling his age a little, he took a long look back at the conflict and concluded that war “heals a deeper wound than any it makes.”

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Linda Allardt is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rochester.

David W. Hill is Associate Professor of English at the State University of New York College at Oswego.

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Editorial
The Belknap Press
Año de publicación
1982
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0674484789
ISBN 13 
9780674484788
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Número de páginas
624
Editor
Allardt Linda, Hill David W., Bennett Ruth H.
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