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After delivering his final sermon at a Boston church in 1832, Ralph Waldo Emerson evolved into the Transcendental poet whose ideas that electrified the American intellectual scene of the day were sparked by what he termed "sublime science." Wilson (English, Wake Forest U.) analyzes how Emerson's first book, Nature (1836), reflects an aesthetics and cosmology galvanized by Faraday's work in electromagnetism and Davy's electrochemistry in fusion with the currents of Romantic poetry and hermetic alchemy. The author also touches upon Emerson's other works. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author:
Eric Wilson is Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University.
Review:
'Wilson's book is interesting in the way it combines a close reading of Emerson's Nature (1836) with a wide range of philosophical ideas and a survey of scientific developments from Renaissance hermeticism via electromagnetism to quantum theory.' - Ginette Verstraete, Ambix 49
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0312217757
- ISBN 13 9780312217754
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages204
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