The Political Emerson Essential Writings on Politics and Social Reform
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Robinson, David M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-23
Publisher(s): Beacon Press
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Summary
Key writings by one of the most important social reformers of the nineteenth century that speak to our own turbulent timesRalph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) never considered himself a political thinker. And yet he rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in U.S. history. As a result, political questions grew in importance for him, becoming by the 1860s one of his chief concerns as a public intellectual. In The Political Emerson, David M. Robinson has brought together for the first time the best of Emerson's numerous writings on politics and social reform.
Author Biography
David M. Robinson is the author and editor of numerous books. He is Oregon Professor of English and head of the American Studies program at Oregon State University in Corvallis
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Emerson as a Political Thinker | p. 1 |
| To Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1838) | p. 27 |
| Man the Reformer (1841) | p. 33 |
| The Times: Introductory Lecture (1842) | p. 51 |
| New England Reformers (1844) | p. 70 |
| Emancipation in the British West Indies (1844) | p. 91 |
| American Slavery (1855) | p. 120 |
| Address at the Woman's Rights Convention (1855) | p. 138 |
| John Brown (1860) | p. 154 |
| American Civilization (1862) | p. 158 |
| The President's Proclamation (1862) | p. 177 |
| Fortune of the Republic (1863) | p. 185 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | p. 207 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 211 |
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