New Morning

236 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h57min.
Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson's work and thought.Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson's work and thought.New Morning brings together philosophers, poets, and literary critics to celebrate and engage the ideas of the great American writer and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's legacy influences many areas; he was a champion of democracy and civil rights, a naturalist, an idealist, an artist, a writer, and a philosopher. Rather than focusing on Emerson in his historical context, this volume brings to light the ways in which Emerson's voice and work still speak powerfully to the concerns of the present moment. In short essays and poems, some of America's most influential scholars and poets-including John J. McDermott, Mary Oliver, Mark Strand, Robert C. Pollock, Gary Snyder, and Lawrence Buell-underscore the relevance of Emerson's thought to contemporary issues as varied as the environment, race, politics, spirituality, aesthetics, and education.Forever Young: A Preface Michael Brodrick Acknowledgments Dancing with Emerson Deborah Digges 1. Emerson: An Introduction Mary Oliver 2. The Single Vision Robert C. Pollock Windfall William Heyen 3. Spires of Influence John J. McDermott 4. Teaching for Lustres: An Essay on the Emersonian Teacher Arthur S. Lothstein The Continental College of Beauty Mark Strand 5. Emerson at The Gates David LaRocca 6. Taking Emerson Personally John Lysaker Local Knowledge Paul Hoover 7. Face to Face with Emerson David Marr 8. Emerson’s Natures: Origins of and Possibilities for American Environmental Thought Douglas R. Anderson Shudder Dorene Evans 9. Emerson and the Reinvention of Democracy: A Lesson for the Twenty-first Century Len Gougeon 10. Individualism, Natural Law, Human Rights: Emerson on "The Scholar" vis-à-vis Emerson on Reform Lawrence Buell For the Children Gary Snyder 11. After Emerson: Of General Knowledge and the Common Good Ann Lauterbach Letter to Lucia Ralph Waldo Emerson Contributors Index