Letters and Social Aims
Publisher: Harvard University Press; Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Belknap Press
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780674035607
Subjects: Letters; American literature, history and criticism
Description: "Emerson traveled broadly in England and Scotland in 1833 and again on lecture tour fifteen years later. Drawing on his experiences there as well as his wide reading in British history, he set forth in English Traits his view of the English as a nation." "English Traits is a searching and distinctive portrayal of English culture that today offers a revealing perspective on American viewpoints and preoccupations in the mid-nineteenth century. It is notable, too, for revealing an interesting side of Emerson's complex character; here we find Emerson the practical Yankee, analyzing English power, resourcefulness, determination, and materialism."--Jacket.