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Author:
Habich, Robert D., 1951-
Title:
Building their own Waldos : Emerson's first biographers and the politics of life-writing in the Gilded Age / by Robert D. Habich.
Publisher:
University of Iowa Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xxviii, 186 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--History.--History.
Authors, American--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American prose literature--History and criticism.
Biography as a literary form.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : building their own Waldos -- A genre in transition : biography in the 1880s -- An act of wholesome and pure-hearted admiration : Emerson's first biographer, George Willis Cooke -- Biographers and the pornographer : Conway, Ireland, and Emerson and his friends -- Diagnosing the gentle iconoclast : Dr. Holmes on Emerson -- Authorizing Emerson's biography : Cabot and/or Edward Emerson -- Shelf life : the legacy of Emerson's first biographies.
ISBN:
1587299631 (e-book)
9781587299636 (e-book)
1587299623 (pbk : alk. paper)
9781587299629 (pbk : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)657223825
LCCN:
2010033753
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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