Literature

Emerson's Romantic Style

Hardcover

Price:
$115.00/£95.00
ISBN:
Published:
Apr 19, 2016
1984
Pages:
272
Size:
6 x 9 in.
Main_subject:
Literature
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Professor Ellison demonstrates that the characteristic difficulties of Emerson’s prose—its repetitiveness, discontinuity, and tonal peculiarities—are motivated by his use of interpretation to free himself from recurringly intimidating aspects of tradition.

Originally published in 1984.

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