Emerson and the Art of the Diary.
Rosenwald, Lawrence.
Emerson and the Art of the Diary. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (176 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- I. Prolegomena -- II. From Commonplace Book to Journal -- Authority and Rebellion -- Strayings and Temptations -- A Conscious Beginning -- III. The Form of the Mature Journal -- Introduction -- Interlude: A Practical Note -- The Journal vs. the Essays -- Is the Journal Really a Work of Art? (Part 1) -- The Journal as Artifact -- Emerson and his Diaristic Circle -- The Journal and the Aphorism Book -- Is the Journal Really a Work of Art? (Part 2) -- Emerson the Gregarious Revolutionary, or, A Consideration of Two Artistic Forms -- The Journal and the Quotation Book -- IV. The Loss of Form -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
This, the first extended literary description and analysis of Emerson's journals, argues that they, and not his essays, are Emerson's masterpiece, constituting one of the greatest commentaries on nineteenth-century America by one of our most acute formal intelligences. First developing the critical methodology needed to examine the journal form, Rosenwald then discusses how Emerson the diarist found his form and where it stands in relation to other diaristic writing.
9780195363890
Authors, American--19th century--Diaries--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS1631.R67 1988
818.303
Emerson and the Art of the Diary. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (176 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- I. Prolegomena -- II. From Commonplace Book to Journal -- Authority and Rebellion -- Strayings and Temptations -- A Conscious Beginning -- III. The Form of the Mature Journal -- Introduction -- Interlude: A Practical Note -- The Journal vs. the Essays -- Is the Journal Really a Work of Art? (Part 1) -- The Journal as Artifact -- Emerson and his Diaristic Circle -- The Journal and the Aphorism Book -- Is the Journal Really a Work of Art? (Part 2) -- Emerson the Gregarious Revolutionary, or, A Consideration of Two Artistic Forms -- The Journal and the Quotation Book -- IV. The Loss of Form -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
This, the first extended literary description and analysis of Emerson's journals, argues that they, and not his essays, are Emerson's masterpiece, constituting one of the greatest commentaries on nineteenth-century America by one of our most acute formal intelligences. First developing the critical methodology needed to examine the journal form, Rosenwald then discusses how Emerson the diarist found his form and where it stands in relation to other diaristic writing.
9780195363890
Authors, American--19th century--Diaries--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS1631.R67 1988
818.303