" An informal account of the Emersonian tradition in American culture- the "green American tradition" to use Paul Rosenfeld's phrase- is presented here by Sherman Paul. Beginning with Emerson and the ideas he expressed in his essay "The American Scholar, "Paul uses Henry David Thoreau, John Jay Chapman, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rosenfeld, Van Wyck Brooks, Randolph Bourne , William Carlos Williams, Gary Snyder, and Alfred Kazin as touchstones in his search for a usable American past. Each of the easys is accompanied by an autobiographical note that places it in the context of the personal and public happenings at the time the work was being written. Together, the essays reflect the intellectual journey of a major American critic and reveal the development of his oeuvre in a remarkable fashion. A book well-suited to this time of stocktaking and reaffirmation, Repossessing and Renewing will stimulate and reward anyone interested in American cultural ideas"-Publisher

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Repossessing and Renewing

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

ISBN

0807101796

Language

en

Release

1976

Pages

294

Categories

Literary Criticism / American / General

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Sherman Paul

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