 | Lee Rust Brown - 1997 - 306 páginas
..."The American Scholar" when he speaks of embracing the common and sitting at the feet of the familiar: "the meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the...news of the boat; the glance of the eye; the form and gait of the body" (CW1:67). This same proximity to common things reappears as an imperative in "The... | |
 | Pascal Covici - 1997 - 252 páginas
...rhetorical question in words that reveal his deep belief in the comprehensibility of the universe: "The meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street;" and so on, through the whole litany of subjects for a William Dean Howells (who will quote parts of... | |
 | Sigrid Bauschinger - 1998 - 238 páginas
...[...]I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds....the glance of the eye; the form and the gait of the body.61 Emerson was unfamiliar with the Austrian novelist Adalbert Stifter, with whom he nonetheless... | |
 | Garry Wills - 1998 - 398 páginas
...I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into today, and you may have the antique and future worlds....the street; the news of the boat; the glance of the eyes; the form and gait of the body — show me the ultimate reason for these matters.20 Emerson's... | |
 | Cathryn Essinger - 1998 - 108 páginas
...from "I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar." The second epigraph asks, "What would we really know the meaning of? The meal...pan; the ballad in the street; the news of the boat." Emerson and Essinger demand "insight into to-day," desiring to know "the sublime presence of the highest... | |
 | Gerald L. Bruns - 1999 - 315 páginas
...("I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into today, and you may have the antique and future worlds....pan; the ballad in the street,, the news of the boat . . .").60 Compare the "Prologue" to Kara in Hell, with its idea of a museum of everyday paintings... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne, Michael T. Marsden - 1999 - 246 páginas
...Emerson understood this danger when he advised us to discover the real meaning of America by examining "the meal in the firkin: the milk in the pan; the...news of the boat; the glance of the eye; the form and gait of the body." Unfortunately, according to Fishwick, seeking a methodology which will be respected... | |
 | Gerald L. Bruns - 1999 - 315 páginas
...("I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into today, and you may have the antique and future worlds....meaning of? The meal in the firkin,- the milk in the pan,the ballad in the street,- the news of the boat . . .").60 Compare the "Prologue" to Kora in Hell,... | |
 | Ivan Gaskell - 2000 - 274 páginas
...when in 'The American Scholar' (1837) he wrote of the significance of 'the meaning of household life': What would we really know the meaning of? The meal...milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news from the boat; the glance of the eye; the form and the gait of the body; show me the ultimate reason... | |
 | Jessica R. Feldman - 2002 - 292 páginas
...the importance of domestic culture in James's work, these words from Emerson's "American Scholar": What would we really know the meaning of? The meal...news of the boat; the glance of the eye; the form and gait of the body; - show me the ultimate reason of these matters; show me the sublime presence of the... | |
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What would we really know the meaning of? The meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news of the boat; the glance of the eye; the form and the gait of the body... 
