James Marcus, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2025
  • An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his relevance to contemporary readers, which Kirkus Reviews calls “a lively, intimate, absorbing account of the sage of Concord.” This event took place in the Members’ Room on March 25, 2024.

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  • @ssake1_IAL_Research
    @ssake1_IAL_Research 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Regarding the quote at 28:22 by Margret Fuller commenting on Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays, I've found evidence that this essay was not written by Fuller. The quote is from a review entitled "Emerson's Essays," being the first of the "star"-signed series in the New York "Tribune," dated Dec. 7, 1844. My independent research reveals that it was written by Mathew Franklin Whittier, the younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who used this signature from 1829 until 1873 in several different publications. Fuller lied to a few close friends and family in personal correspondence that she was the author, the rumor grew (though not everyone believed it), and finally she outright claimed it just before she left for Europe. Some scholars have wondered at this review, given that Fuller was personal friends with Emerson, and this is the explanation. The review, seen in its entirety, is fair and balanced. Mathew would have been socially acquainted with Emerson, and reviewed his talks anonymously, as a reporter, on more than one occasion. Emerson was personal friends with Mathew's brother.

    • @JamesMarcus-h9v
      @JamesMarcus-h9v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fascinating. Is the review stylistically consistent with Mathew Whittier's other work?