Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Southern Carolina. He edited Studies in the American Renaissance (1977-1996) and is former president of the Association for Documentary Editing, the Thoreau Society, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. He was published numerous books on Emerson and his times.

• Introduction ; Chronologies ; Illustrations ; Abbreviations ; We Fine What We Seek: Thoughts Toward a Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson ; The Age of the First Person Singular: Emerson and Individualism ; Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science ; Emerson and Religion ; Emerson and Antislavery ; Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement ; Contributors ; Index

Chief among the accomplishments of A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the book's effective relocation of Emerson within the major literary, historical, and cultural contexts of nineteenth-century American life. Edited by Joel Myerso?

Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Southern Carolina. He edited Studies in the American Renaissance (1977-1996) and is former president of the Association for Documentary Editing, the Thoreau Society, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. He was published numerous books on Emerson and his times.

• Introduction ; Chronologies ; Illustrations ; Abbreviations ; We Fine What We Seek: Thoughts Toward a Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson ; The Age of the First Person Singular: Emerson and Individualism ; Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science ; Emerson and Religion ; Emerson and Antislavery ; Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement ; Contributors ; Index

Chief among the accomplishments of A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the book's effective relocation of Emerson within the major literary, historical, and cultural contexts of nineteenth-century American life. Edited by Joel Myerso?

Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Southern Carolina. He edited Studies in the American Renaissance (1977-1996) and is former president of the Association for Documentary Editing, the Thoreau Society, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. He was published numerous books on Emerson and his times.

• Introduction ; Chronologies ; Illustrations ; Abbreviations ; We Fine What We Seek: Thoughts Toward a Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson ; The Age of the First Person Singular: Emerson and Individualism ; Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science ; Emerson and Religion ; Emerson and Antislavery ; Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement ; Contributors ; Index

Chief among the accomplishments of A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the book's effective relocation of Emerson within the major literary, historical, and cultural contexts of nineteenth-century American life. Edited by Joel Myerso?