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by Kristen A. Bennett UMASS Boston “There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or three hundred years ago, says that which lies close to my…
Click to enlarge Dear All: We have a very special Emersonian guest here in Concord for a very short time only. Consequently a special meeting of the Emerson Reading Circle will convene this Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the Concord…
May 23, 2003 The great ‘ennobler’ By Richard Higgins Ralph Waldo Emerson’s belief in the ”infinitude” of the soul had an ”ennobling influence” on many people, as William James once observed. James’s novelist brother, Henry, however, was not one of…
Remembering The Emerson Who Sought God by Richard Higgins I t is hard to overcome strong first impressions. This helps explain why, when it comes to religion, Ralph Waldo Emerson is often seen as a borderline atheist, a pantheist, a…
Cover Story March/April 2003 Emerson at 200 Emerson’s Mirror What do we see in the legacy of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "the most recognized and revered figure in the Unitarian movement"? His two-hundredth birthday makes this a good time to ask.…
July 2, 2003 BOOK REVIEWIlluminating Emerson’s spiritual development The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edited by David M. Robinson Beacon, 288 pp., $25 By Richard HigginsGlobe Correspondent Even now, as we mark the 200th anniversary of his…
Getting to the Root of Bush: Nickname,Metaphor and the Biblical “George Bush” Reading and researching Emerson in preparation for the recent bicentennial filled many gaps, corrected mistakes and clarified at least some of the haze in my knowledge of this…
Dos capÃtulos de Ralph Waldo Emerson La conducta de la vida Edición, traducción y cronologÃa de Javier Alcoriza y Antonio Lastra Pre-TextosValencia2004
Escapar de vÃnculos falsos* Richard G. Geldard Demasiado a menudo se acusa a Emerson de ser quijotesco. Cuando se le preguntó a la difunta Susan Sontag por qué en sus primeros años de profesión no escribió sobre las figuras…
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society offering one grant and two awards