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100 1 $aGougeon, Len.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88207765
245 10 $aEmerson & Eros :$bthe making of a cultural hero /$cLen Gougeon.
246 1 $aEmerson and Eros
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $ax, 268 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tPsychomythic humanism : re-centering reality --$gCh. 2.$tThe spirit and the flesh --$gCh. 3.$t"God's child" : Emerson in his journals --$gCh. 4.$t"The devil's child" : Emerson's early public voice --$gCh. 5.$tThe call to serve : re-centering America.
520 1 $a"This critical biography traces the spiritual, psychological, and intellectual growth of one of America's foremost oracles and prophets, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Beginning with his undergraduate career at Harvard and spanning the range of his adult life, the book examines the complex, often painful emotional journey inward that would eventually transform Emerson from an average Unitarian minister into one of the century's most formidable intellectual figures. By connecting Emerson's inner life with his outer life, Len Gougeon illustrates a virtually seamless relationship between Emerson's Transcendental philosophy and his later career as a social reformer, a rebel who sought to "unsettle all things" in an effort to redeem his society." "In tracing the path of Emerson's evolution, Gougeon makes use of insights by Joseph Campbell, Erich Neumann, Mircea Eliade, and N.O. Brown. Like Emerson, all of these thinkers directly experienced the fragmentation and dehumanization of the Western world, and all were influenced both directly and indirectly by Emerson and his philosophy. Ultimately, this study demonstrates how Emerson's philosophy would become a major force a liberal reformation in American society, a force whose impact is still felt today."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aEmerson, Ralph Waldo,$d1803-1882$xPhilosophy.
600 10 $aEmerson, Ralph Waldo,$d1803-1882$xKnowledge and learning.
600 10 $aEmerson, Ralph Waldo,$d1803-1882$xInfluence.
650 0 $aLiterature and myth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000741
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100461
650 0 $aTranscendentalists (New England)$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116895
650 0 $aSocial reformers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010113280
651 0 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100044
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006023729.html
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