The Emerson Brothers : A Fraternal Biography in Letters.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (453 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- 1 "What poems are many private lives": The Emerson Brothers -- 2 William in Germany -- 3 Edward and Charles -- 4 Aunt Mary and the Brothers Emerson -- 5 Charles and Elizabeth -- 6 William and Waldo: Finances and Family -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- A photo gallery.
The Emerson Brothers: A Fraternal Biography in Letters is a narrative and epistolary biography based upon the life-long correspondence exchanged among the four Emerson brothers and the women who were most important to them. Often composed as "round-robin" exchanges, the Emerson brothers' correspondence is the last great untapped body of personal writings remaining in manuscript from Ralph Waldo Emerson and his extended family.