Mitchell, Charles E.,  1962- <br/><br/>
Individualism and its discontents :  appropriations of Emerson, 1880-1950 / 
Charles E. Mitchell. 
 - Amherst, Mass. :  University of Massachusetts Press,  �1997. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>An individualism of vaporous spirituality -- The aroma of personality and the dignity of clean living -- The undersexed valetudinarian : Emerson and modern criticism -- William James and the varieties of Emerson -- W.E.B. Du Bois and the implications of pragmatism -- Inclusiveness without redundancy : William Carlos Williams in the Emersonian grain -- Emersonian refractions. 
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<br/><br/> This book explores the intertwined history of Emerson and individualism. Charles E. Mitchell begins by examining those who regarded Emersonian individualism with ambivalence or hostility, focusing on the comments of such diverse figures as Henry James, Sr., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Van Wyck Brooks, and H.L. Mencken. He then offers an alternative view as reflected in the work of William James, John Dewey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and William Carlos Williams. Each of these figures embraced Emerson's claim for the sanctity of the individual and wove it into a social vision that sought to reconcile the paradox at the heart of American life: a simultaneous devotion to the community and the individual, tradition and innovation, order and freedom. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585142130 9780585142135 1122054718 9781122054713 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Political and social views.<br/>Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Influence.<br/>Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>American literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Individualism--History.--United States<br/>Individualism in literature.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.<br/>American literature.<br/>Civilization.<br/>Individualism.<br/>Individualism in literature.<br/>Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)<br/>Political and social views.<br/>American Literature.<br/>English.<br/>Languages & Literatures.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--1865-1918.<br/>United States--Civilization--1918-1945.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS1642.S58  / M58 1997eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/005