Annotation
How Emerson's thinking matured after 1850, with personal development and changing conditions. The lecture/seminar will examine developments and divergences from, comparisons and contrasts with, Emerson's thinking and writing prior to 1850--namely Nature (1836), Essays First Series (1841), and Essays Second Series
(1844). 1) Emerson, excerpts from "Spiritual Laws" (1841) and "Experience" (1844) 2) Emerson, excerpts from "Art" (1841) and "Poetry" (1844) 3) Emerson, excerpts from "Self-Reliance" (1841) and "The Method of Nature" (1841) 4) Emerson, excerpts from "Politics" (1844) and "New England Reformers" (1844) 5) Emerson, excerpts from "Morals" (1859) 6) Emerson, excerpts from "Fate" (1860) and "Power" (1860) 7) Emerson, excerpts from "Considerations by the Way" (1860) and "Illusions" (1860) 8) Emerson, excerpts from "Culture" (1860) and "Wealth" (1860) 9) Emerson, excerpts from "Society and Solitude" (1870) and "Civilization" (1870) 10) Emerson, excerpts from "Courage" (1870) and "Success" (1870) 11) Emerson, excerpts from "Poetry and Imagination" (1876) 12) Emerson, excerpts from "Natural History of Intellect" (1870-71/1893)