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Emerson: The Roots of Prophecy
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Emerson: The Roots of Prophecy
Contributors:
By (Author) Evelyn Barish
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Biography: general
Dewey:
814.3
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
284
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
397g
Description
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 intellectual biography of Emerson's early years up to
