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Author Rosenwald, Lawrence Alan, 1948-

Title Emerson and the art of the diary / Lawrence Rosenwald
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 159 pages)
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; The Journal vs. the Essays; Emerson and his Diaristic Circle; The Journal and the Aphorism Book; 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
Summary An extended literary description and analysis of Emerson's journals, which argues that these works constitute one of the greatest commentaries on 19th century America, realizing Emerson's standards of literary excellence more fully than his other writings
Analysis English literature American writers Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Diaries
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Style
SUBJECT Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 fast
Subject Authors, American -- 19th century -- Diaries -- History and criticism
Autobiography.
Autobiographies as Topic
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Authors, American
Autobiography
Literary style
Genre/Form Diaries
Form Electronic book
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