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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a poet, essayist, and philosopher whose provocative thoughts transcend a variety of fields, including philosophy, literature, and politics, to name but a few, and have inspired scholars for generations. To coincide with the recent bicentenary of his birth, these two books, which differ in approach more than in objective, offer revealing glimpses into his remarkable life and career. Emerson scholar Buell (Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Collection of Critical Essays) offers a nontraditional analysis of Emerson's achievements. Instead of producing a narrative biography, Buell covers "key moments of Emerson's career" and "major facets of his thought" in topics, e.g., the making of a public intellectual, religious radicalisms, and Emerson as anti-mentor, and puts these concepts into the context of the politics...Log In or Sign Up to Read More