Translation of: L'individu et société dans l'œuvre de R.W. Emerson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Eric Cheyfitz -- Translator's preface / by Lawrence Rosenwald -- Author's preface to the French edition -- Abbreviations -- Part I: The uncertainties of a vocation. 1 The family milieu ; 2 Harvard: an apprenticeship in solitude ; The schoolteacher feels his way ; 4 The ministry, or, an attempt at the safe middle way -- Part II: The discovery and glorification of the self. 5 The road to Concord ; 6 Prophecies and epiphany ; 7 Organizing victory ; 8 From affirmation to challenge -- Part III: From ideal democracy to natural aristocracy. 9 Malaise ; 10 Exploring the problems ; 11 Equilibrium regained -- Part IV: Individual and citizen. 12 The thorn in the flesh ; 13 A surrogate optimism ; 14 The last struggle -- Bibliography of Emerson's writings -- Index.
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Uneasy solitude : individual and society in the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Individu et société dans l'œuvre de R.W. Emerson.
English
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882-- Political and social views.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882-- Political and social views.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882.
Individualism in literature.
Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.