Losing Grip: Emerson, Leroux and the Work of Identity.

The article focuses on the literary work of essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. In spite of himself, Emerson has become the great American chiffonier: an essayist remembered more for aphoristic morsels than for larger structures of thought. His work witnesses more, however, than artistic self-reproach. Li...

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Published in:Journal of American Studies Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 239 - 256
Main Author: McClelland, James
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Aug2005
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