An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature
(2016)
Book Chapter
Greenham, D. (2016). An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature. In C. Elliott, & L. Eckel (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to Atlantic Literary Studies (253-265). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Emerson has long been held to be the well-spring of American literary originality. In this chapter I outline Emerson's own ideas of originality, detailing in particular how they relate to his New England context and his reading of model English Renai... Read More about An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature.