Joan Richardson provides a compelling account of the emergence of the quintessential American philosophy: pragmatism, in a series of highly original readings of Edwards, Emerson, William and Henry James, Stevens, and Stein. This groundbreaking book...
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Joan Richardson provides a compelling account of the emergence of the quintessential American philosophy: pragmatism, in a series of highly original readings of Edwards, Emerson, William and Henry James, Stevens, and Stein. This groundbreaking book is essential reading for all students and scholars of American literature
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter one Introduction: frontier instances; Chapter two In Jonathan Edwards's room of the idea; Chapter three Emerson's moving pictures; Chapter four William James's feeling of if; Chapter five Henry James's more than rational distortion; Chapter six Wallace Stevens's radiant and productive atmosphere; Chapter seven Gertrude Stein, James's Melancthon/a; Notes; Bibliography; Index
