I Wanted to Laugh at Emerson but Ended up Laughing at Myself.
When the Library of America published a two-volume selection of Emerson’s multi-volume journal in 2010 I had to have it. …
Category Archives: Emerson
First We Read, Then We Write
First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process by Robert D. Richardson, is a slim and enjoyable …
Sartor Resartus
Ever since I read Emerson I have been interested in reading Thomas Carlyle’s “novel” Sartor Resartus because Emerson loved it, …
Emerson and Carlyle Grow Old and Die
After Emerson and Carlyle had a bit of a falling out and Carlyle asked Emerson to please continue the correspondence, …
Emerson and Carlyle Have a Falling Out
I always knew that Emerson had a bit of a falling out with Carlyle at one point in their relationship …
Like Canvas and Pigment
I finished reading The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1 on my Kindle yesterday and immediately …
Poetic as Well as Stupid
I thought on Friday evening when I realized I hadn’t been dizzy all day and my vertigo was gone that …
A Different World
What a different world it used to be. Letters between Emerson and Carlyle sometimes took as long as forty days …
Reading Notes
Thanks for the well wishes everyone! I made it back to work today. The vertigo is not gone but is …
Emerson and Carlyle
I have been very much enjoying the letters of Emerson and Carlyle. I am still at the beginning of their …
