Building their own Waldos
Habich, Robert D., 1951-
Building their own Waldos Emerson's first biographers and the politics of life-writing in the Gilded Age / [electronic resource] : by Robert D. Habich. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 186 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: building their own Waldos -- A genre in transition: biography in the 1880s -- An act of wholesome and pure-hearted admiration: Emerson's first biographer, George Willis Cooke -- Biographers and the pornographer: Conway, Ireland, and "Emerson and his friends" -- Diagnosing the gentle iconoclast: Dr. Holmes on Emerson -- Authorizing Emerson's biography: Cabot and/or Edward Emerson -- Shelf life: the legacy of Emerson's first biographies.
9781587299636 1587299631
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Criticism and interpretation--History.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Biography as a literary form.
American prose literature--History and criticism.
Authors, American--Biography--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS1631 / .H28 2011
814/.3 B
Building their own Waldos Emerson's first biographers and the politics of life-writing in the Gilded Age / [electronic resource] : by Robert D. Habich. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 186 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: building their own Waldos -- A genre in transition: biography in the 1880s -- An act of wholesome and pure-hearted admiration: Emerson's first biographer, George Willis Cooke -- Biographers and the pornographer: Conway, Ireland, and "Emerson and his friends" -- Diagnosing the gentle iconoclast: Dr. Holmes on Emerson -- Authorizing Emerson's biography: Cabot and/or Edward Emerson -- Shelf life: the legacy of Emerson's first biographies.
9781587299636 1587299631
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Criticism and interpretation--History.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Biography as a literary form.
American prose literature--History and criticism.
Authors, American--Biography--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS1631 / .H28 2011
814/.3 B