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title	:	Individualism and Its Discontents : Appropriations of Emerson, 1880-1950
author	:	Mitchell, Charles E.
publisher	:	University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1558490736
print isbn13	:	9781558490734
ebook isbn13	:	9780585142135
language	:	English
subject	Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Political and social views, American literature--20th century--History and criticism, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Influence, United States--Civilization--186
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	PS1642.S58M58 1997eb
ddc	:	810.9/005
subject	:	Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Political and social views, American literature--20th century--History and criticism, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Influence, United States--Civilization--186

Page iii Individualism and Its Discontents Appropriations of Emerson, 18801950 Charles E. Mitchell University of Massachusetts Press AMHERST

Page iv Copyright 1997 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 96-39859 ISBN 1-55849-073-6 Set in Adobe Garamond by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Braun-Brumfield, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mitchell, Charles E., 1962 Individualism and its discontents: appropriations of Emerson, 18801950 /Charles E. Mitchell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 1-55849-073-6 (alk. paper) 1. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 18031882Political and social views. 2. American literature20th centuryHistory and criticism. 3. American literature19th centuryHistory and criticism. 4. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 18031882Influence. 5. United StatesCivilization18651918. 6. United StatesCivilization19181945. 7. IndividualismUnited StatesHistory. 8. Individualism in literature. I. Title. PS1642-S58M58 1997 810.9'005dc21 96-39859 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Grateful acknowledgment is given to New Directions Publishing Corporation and Carcanet Press Ltd. for permission to quote from the following copyrighted works of William Carlos Williams: The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams, 1948, 1951 by William Carlos Williams; Collected Poems: Volume 2: 19391961, 1944, 1953, 1962, by William Carlos Williams, 1988 by William Eric Williams and Paul H. Williams; The Embodiment of Knowledge, 1974 by Florence H. Williams; Imaginations, 1970 by Florence H. Williams; In the American Grain, 1925 by James Laughlin; 1933 by William Carlos Williams; Paterson, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1958 by William Carlos Williams; Selected Essays, 1954 by William Carlos Williams; Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams, 1957 by William Carlos Williams.

Page v For my parents, Charles E. and Margaret T. Mitchell

Page vii The best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn of his relation to the world, and that it is not to be learned by any addition or subtraction or other comparison of known quantities, but is arrived at by untaught sallies of the spirit, by a continual self-recovery, and by entire humility. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Nature

Page ix Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction An Individualism of Vaporous Spirituality 1 One The Aroma of Personality and the Dignity of Clean Living 12 Two The Undersexed Valetudinarian: Emerson and Modern Criticism 37 Three William James and the Varieties of Emerson 73 Four W.E.B. Du Bois and the Implications of Pragmatism 115 Five Inclusiveness without Redundancy: William Carlos Williams in the Emersonian Grain 149 Epilogue Emersonian Refractions 181 Notes 195 Index 219

Page xi Acknowledgments As with all first books, mine has accrued more than its fair share of debt. I begin with those at the Claremont Graduate School whose compassion, encouragement, and plain decency disproved all of my worst fears about life in graduate school. Robert Dawidoff guided this project from its inception, and his example continues to inspire my own teaching and scholarship. Rena Fraden read the first version of each chapter with undeserved care, and her insightful comments contributed greatly to the final product. Michael Roth graciously loaned me the subtitle, and helped to convince me that I actually knew what I was talking about. LeeAnn Meyer read early parts of the manuscript and did her best to keep me honest and clear in my thinking. I am grateful to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation for its generous support during an early stage of this project. Michael Kiskis, John McLaughlin, and Scott Minar, colleagues at Elmira College, offered many helpful comments, some of which pertained to the book; they also helped to create the atmosphere of refined madness that has spurred me on to completion. Bryan Reddick, Elmira's dean, provided various kinds of support, and for that and other things I thank him. Karen Sue Bishop assisted in the proofreading and exhibited skill and effort in compiling the index.

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