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- catalog abstract ""In this original and highly readable book, Peter Field explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson became the first democratic intellectual in American history. By focusing on his public career, Field contends that Emerson was a democrat in two senses: he single-handedly sought to create a vocation equal to his conviction that America represented the democratic promise of the Western world; and as importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by attempting to bring culture to all Americans. Utterly disaffected with the self-satisfied Boston Brahmin establishment into which he had been born, he set forth through the nation in order to assume the role of conscience, critic, and gentle exhorter to the people. More poet than philosopher, Emerson demands to be understood as a public intellectual. Peter Field deftly portrays Emerson as he attempted to create himself - as a unique ironic prophet to the American people."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12434828.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 19th century.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In this original and highly readable book, Peter Field explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson became the first democratic intellectual in American history. By focusing on his public career, Field contends that Emerson was a democrat in two senses: he single-handedly sought to create a vocation equal to his conviction that America represented the democratic promise of the Western world; and as importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by attempting to bring culture to all Americans. Utterly disaffected with the self-satisfied Boston Brahmin establishment into which he had been born, he set forth through the nation in order to assume the role of conscience, critic, and gentle exhorter to the people. More poet than philosopher, Emerson demands to be understood as a public intellectual. Peter Field deftly portrays Emerson as he attempted to create himself - as a unique ironic prophet to the American people."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. From Emerson to Emerson -- 2. Born to Be Educated -- 3. The Problem of Vocation -- 4. Unitarianism and Its Discontents -- 5. The Transformation of Genius into Practical Power -- 6. Abolitionism and the Strange Career of Emerson and Race -- 7. Assessing Emerson as Democratic Intellectual.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 255 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ralph Waldo Emerson.".
- catalog identifier "0847688429 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ralph Waldo Emerson.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield,".
- catalog relation "Ralph Waldo Emerson.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "814/.3 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Democracy in literature.".
- catalog subject "Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "PS1642.P64 F54 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. From Emerson to Emerson -- 2. Born to Be Educated -- 3. The Problem of Vocation -- 4. Unitarianism and Its Discontents -- 5. The Transformation of Genius into Practical Power -- 6. Abolitionism and the Strange Career of Emerson and Race -- 7. Assessing Emerson as Democratic Intellectual.".
- catalog title "Ralph Waldo Emerson : the making of a democratic intellectual / Peter S. Field.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".