27 Both Lowell and Cooke offered their commentaries well after Emerson had begun to exhibit the signs of his aphasia, and so possibly these accounts grow from their own strategies of denial. On the other hand, the paradox Lowell puts in ...
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Introduction: Recalling Emerson -- Emerson's memory loss -- Knowing by heart -- Streams of thought -- Coda: Inside information
This book is a collection of essays about Ralph Waldo Emerson written from a wide variety of critical perspectives. It assesses the history and state of Emerson scholarship while suggesting directions for future work.