...some tincture of the "local," be fully relevant to the present. "Each age," the passage continues, "must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older generation will not fit this." In "The American Scholar," the same message is directed to the would-be...

...some tincture of the "local," be fully relevant to the present. "Each age," the passage continues, "must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older generation will not fit this." In "The American Scholar," the same message is directed to the would-be...

...proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, so high does it soar, so long does it sing. Or, I might say, it depends on how far the process had...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the...

...danger in merely accepting and dwelling in it, instead of constantly refashioning and reconstructing it: Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or...which attaches to the act of creation— the act of thought—is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man: henceforth...

...Emerson had called for American cultural independence from the cumbersome ideals of British culture: "Each age, it is found, must write its own books;...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this."12 In the spirit of Emerson, but with more anger, Sullivan fired diatribes against cultural constraints...

...Asiatic sages. —JOURNAL, 1841 What do you do all day? Do you occasionally catch a glimpse of blue sky? Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or...rather, each generation for the next succeeding.... Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation— the act...

...Columbia and Cambridge literary histories of the United States are following Emerson's advice: "each age must write its own books; or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this" (Emerson, 227). Sacvan Bercovitch, the editor of the Cambridge volume, attributes part of the impulse...

...rather than that force in themselves which is the source of manifold and contradictory achievement. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,...of thought, is transferred to the record. . . . The writer was a just and wise spirit; henceforward it is settled the book is perfect; as love of the hero...

...Emerson, American Scholar, in Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures 53, 56-57 (Joel Porte ed. 1983) ("Each age, it is found, must write its own books;...The books of an older period will not fit this"). 34. See Jim Sidanius et al., It's Not Affirmative Action, It's the Blacks: The Continuing Relevance...

...story Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his celebrated and seminal essay 'The American Scholar' (1837), wrote: 'Each age, it is found, must write its own books;...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this.'13 And this desire to 'make it new' (in Ezra Pound's phrase) is no small part of the emphasis...