Book contents
- Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
- Frontispiece
- Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Part I Emerson and a Sense of Place(s)
- Part II Emerson and Ideas: “The Wide World”
- 7 Reading
- 8 Literature
- 9 Poetry and Poetics
- 10 Nature
- 11 Divinity
- 12 Human Mind
- 13 History
- 14 Democracy
- 15 Revolution
- 16 Science and Technology
- Part III Emerson and Society: “Hodiernal Circles”
- Part IV Emerson and His Legacies: From Infidel to Icon
- Index
14 - Democracy
from Part II - Emerson and Ideas: “The Wide World”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
- Frontispiece
- Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Part I Emerson and a Sense of Place(s)
- Part II Emerson and Ideas: “The Wide World”
- 7 Reading
- 8 Literature
- 9 Poetry and Poetics
- 10 Nature
- 11 Divinity
- 12 Human Mind
- 13 History
- 14 Democracy
- 15 Revolution
- 16 Science and Technology
- Part III Emerson and Society: “Hodiernal Circles”
- Part IV Emerson and His Legacies: From Infidel to Icon
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context , pp. 118 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013