tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post6170328941902006005..comments2024-03-28T15:01:12.582+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Ralph Waldo Emerson and Isabel ArcherHai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-23224229214941244922015-12-01T00:14:21.033+00:002015-12-01T00:14:21.033+00:00Interesting.Interesting.Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-84744950097790097192015-11-28T23:34:06.094+00:002015-11-28T23:34:06.094+00:00I do not believe I could successfully describe Eme...I do not believe I could successfully describe Emerson's sense of evil. But the <i>Journals</i> are the place to go for it. They are also where I discovered, to my surprise, that Emerson had a sense of humor.<br /><br />The persona of the <i>Essays</i> is an artistic creation, a performance. The passages you present of James on Emerson seem like insightful responses to the public Emerson.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-55397727075720393762015-11-28T18:50:13.152+00:002015-11-28T18:50:13.152+00:00OK. Sent. OK. Sent. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-18288492775477607692015-11-28T18:32:41.658+00:002015-11-28T18:32:41.658+00:00Di,
Yes, that's it.Di,<br /><br />Yes, that's it.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-87455913719495068482015-11-28T18:24:28.099+00:002015-11-28T18:24:28.099+00:00Is your email address fredr@gainusa.com? Is your email address fredr@gainusa.com? Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-76968715438738803562015-11-28T17:52:38.407+00:002015-11-28T17:52:38.407+00:00Di,
Can't read it.Di, <br /><br />Can't read it. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-51456778893658994582015-11-28T17:50:14.216+00:002015-11-28T17:50:14.216+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-23345013936246409502015-11-28T17:47:54.854+00:002015-11-28T17:47:54.854+00:00Here's the link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2...Here's the link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2872038?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents<br />If you can't read jstor, tell me, I have a pdf file and can send you via email. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-12713801602201375932015-11-28T17:46:28.828+00:002015-11-28T17:46:28.828+00:00Di,
No, I haven't read the essay. If it'...Di,<br /><br />No, I haven't read the essay. If it's accessible, I might take a look at it.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-20541355201581363352015-11-28T17:44:57.244+00:002015-11-28T17:44:57.244+00:00What's Emerson's vision of sin and evil? I...What's Emerson's vision of sin and evil? I've read very little of his writings. <br />I'm not sure if James's right about Emerson. I mean, he expresses surprise at how a genius like Emerson is not touched by works of art, and then suggests the reasons, but (after the sentence that ends with "human perversity") adds "But that still leaves the indifference to Cervantes and Miss Austen unaccounted for." <br />I think Gorra is right about seeing Isabel in terms of Emerson, however. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-22135475297908726432015-11-28T17:34:09.264+00:002015-11-28T17:34:09.264+00:00Uhm, no, I didn't see any mention of Shakespea...Uhm, no, I didn't see any mention of Shakespeare in James's essay on Emerson. <br />George Levine has an essay called "Isabel, Gwendolen, and Dorothea". Have you read it?Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-54894907811866638492015-11-28T04:30:27.245+00:002015-11-28T04:30:27.245+00:00Yes, the Emerson idea is good. I hadn't thoug...Yes, the Emerson idea is good. I hadn't thought of that. Like Emerson, James is at that point highly conscious of or is thinking about it means to be American. Emerson's ideas would have to be a part of that process. And of course, then, he is interested in Emerson's trips to Europe.<br /><br />Emerson did have a vision of sin and evil. I have seen it with my own eyes. But that was in Emerson's <i>Journals</i>, which James could not have read.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-6614631836304599762015-11-27T03:44:00.648+00:002015-11-27T03:44:00.648+00:00Di,
Is there any commentary on Emerson's view...Di,<br /><br />Is there any commentary on Emerson's view of Shakespeare? In any listing of authors whose characters are mixtures of good and evil and where the good do not always win, Shakespeare must be at the top, or very nearly there. <br /><br />I haven't read _Daniel Deronda_ yet, but the linkage between Isabel and Dorothea is very striking. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com