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The Romantic and Transcendental Quests of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Victor-Marie Hugo
Regina Moeller Young
出版
Edwin Mellen Press
, 2003
主題
Literary Collections / Essays
Literary Criticism / European / French
Literary Criticism / Comparative Literature
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
ISBN
0773466681
9780773466685
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VujyAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This study demonstrates that there is a substantial philosphical congeniality between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Victor Hugo which has so far gone unnoticed. It shows many striking affinities, offering a fresh perspective on both authors. It examines how both Emerson's and Hugo's ideas and perceptions grew out of 19th-century Western ideology, as well as their personal psycho-physiological experiences of the world. In arguing for an understanding of Hugo as a Gallic Transcendentalist, this comparative study corrects one popular image of the French writer, that of a moody, eccentric megalomaniac and superficial trifler. as well as socio-historical backgrounds, it examines specific, authentic 19th-century articles from French and American journals in order to shed light on what critics had to say about the foreign poet. There is also a collection and analysis of Emerson's never-written French traits, Emerson's perceptions of the French as a nation as expressed in his journal entries. The study then gives a detailed analysis of Emerson's and Hugo's main affinity - their Transcendentalist cosmology.