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Emerson's Mature Essays: The Conduct of Life (1860), Society and Solitude (1870), and Letters and Social Aims
(1876)
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, "Spiritual Laws" (1841) and "Experience" (1844) 2) Emerson, "Art" (1841) and "Poetry" (1844) 3) Emerson, "Self-Reliance" (1841) and "The Method of Nature (1841) 4) Emerson, "Politics" (1844) and "New England Reformers (1844) 5) Emerson, "Morals" (1859) 6) Emerson, "Fate" (1860) and "Power" (1860) 7) Emerson, "Considerations by the Way" (1860) and "Illusions" (1860) 8) Emerson, "Poetry and Imagination" (1876) 9) "Natural History of Intellect" (1893) 10) Emerson as Pragmatist 11) Emerson as Modernist 12) Emerson and Nietzsche