Outputs (4)

The seed of the world: Emerson’s transatlantic transcendentalist first philosophy (2024)
Book Chapter

Taking seriously the ‘deep time’ of American literature and the current importance of the Anthropocene, this chapter investigates an often overlooked transatlantic origin for Emerson’s conceptualisation of nature, which I also argue is a crucial mark... Read More about The seed of the world: Emerson’s transatlantic transcendentalist first philosophy.

Emerson's Metaphors (2023)
Book

Emerson's Metaphors provides a radical reading of Ralph Waldo Emerson's figurative language, demonstrating that Emerson's metaphors should be understood as ways of thinking. Covering the full range of Emerson's writings, this book offers a reinterpre... Read More about Emerson's Metaphors.

Close Reading: Il Piacere Della Lettura (2023)
Book

Close reading is the most essential skill that literature students continue to develop across the full length of their studies. This book is the ideal guide to the practice, providing a methodology that can be used for poetry, novels, drama, and beyo... Read More about Close Reading: Il Piacere Della Lettura.

'Some Versions of Pastoral' and Related Writings by William Empson (2023)
Journal Article