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The Aesthetics of Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Materials and Methods of His Poetry (Studies in American Religion)
The Aesthetics of Ralph Waldo Emerson The Materials and Methods of His Poetry - Studies in American Religion Author:Robert K. Hudnut Examines Emerson's aesthetic as a metaphysical poem about two things: the human act of creation, and the divine. In the transcendental frame of reference, an aesthetic becomes basically a religion and not a philosophy. Constructing a deductive framework from Emerson's writings, the author examines in particular the influence of Coleridge, and al... more »so looks at earlier influences such as Kant, Plato and Fichte, Plotinus etc.« less