OBJECTIVES
The course will follow the process of the maturing of Emerson´s thinking after 1850, with personal development and changing conditions. It will examine developments and divergences from, comparisons and contrasts with, Emerson´s thinking and writing prior to 1850 - namely Nature (1836), Essays First Series (1841), and Essays Second Series (1844).
MATERIAL
The Conduct of Life (1860)
Society and Solitude (1870)
Letters and Social Aims (1876)
ASSESSMENT to be specified later.