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The seed of the world: Emerson’s transatlantic transcendentalist first philosophy (2023)
Book Chapter
Greenham, D. (in press). The seed of the world: Emerson’s transatlantic transcendentalist first philosophy. In C. Hanlon (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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
Greenham, D. (2023). Emerson's Metaphors. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington 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.