书目名称 | Emerson‘s Literary Philosophy | 编辑 | Reza Hosseini | 视频video | | 概述 | Weaves together themes from Persian philosophy and Emersonian transcendentalism.Situates Ralph Waldo Emerson in the tradition of philosophy as “spiritual exercise".Examines the evolving nature of Emer | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This book situates Ralph Waldo Emerson in the tradition of philosophy as “spiritual exercise”, arguing that the defining feature of his literary philosophy is the conviction that there is an inherent link between moral persuasion and literary excellence. Hosseini persuasively argues that the Emersonian project can be viewed as an extension of Socrates’ call for a return to the beginning of philosophy, to search for a way of revolutionizing our ways of seeing from within. Examining Emerson’s provocative style of writing, Hosseini contends that his prose is shaped by a desire to bring about .psychagogia., or influencing the soul through the power of words.. .This book furthermore examines the evolving nature of Emerson’s thoughts on “scholarly action” and its implications, his religious temperament as an aesthetic experience of the world through wonder, and the reasons for a resounding acknowledgment of despair in his essay “Experience.” In the concluding chapter, Hosseini explores the depth of Emerson’s engagement with the classical Persian poets and argues that what we may call his “literary humanism” is informed by Persian .Adab., exemplified in the writings of Rumi, Hafiz, and | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | 关键词 | Ralph Waldo Emerson; Moral Persuasion; Literary humanism; Religion; Secularism; Persian Philosophy; Middle | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54979-4 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-54981-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-54979-4 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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