Carlyle, Emerson and the Transatlantic Uses of Authority: Literature, Print, Performance

Tim Sommer

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Carlyle, Emerson and the Transatlantic Uses of Authority

Literature, Print, Performance

Tim Sommer

In the series Interventions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474491969

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Analyses Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson against the background of Anglo-American print culture and oral performance

Develops a new analytical framework for the study of nineteenth-century transatlantic writing that combines literary studies, book history and cultural sociology
Reframes canonical works through unfamiliar texts and contexts
Draws on a rich body of archival sources and historical periodical publications
Offers an in-depth account of nineteenth-century Anglo-American print culture and the transatlantic lecture system

Examining the transatlantic writings and professional careers of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this book explores the impact of literary, cultural, political and legal manifestations of authority on nineteenth-century British and American writing, publishing and lecturing. Drawing on primary texts in conjunction with a rich body of archival sources, this study retraces Romantic debates about race and nationhood, analyses the relationship between cultural nationalism and literary historiography and sheds light on Carlyle’s and Emerson’s professional identities as publishing authors and lecturing celebrities on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Transatlantic Literary Culture and the Uses of Authority Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Anglo-American Literary and Cultural Identities
1 Race and Nationhood in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
2 Usable Pasts: Anglo-American Literature and the Authority of Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Part II: Authority and Authorisation in the Anglo-American Print Market
3 ‘Transatlantic Bibliopoly’: Carlyle’s Early American Print Career Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
4 ‘A Yankee Pocket Edition of Carlyle’? Emerson on the British Market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Part III: Performing Nationhood on the Transatlantic Lecture Circuit
5 Touring Anglo-America: Emerson as Transatlantic Lecturer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
6 (De-)Authorising Eloquence: Carlyle and Transatlantic Public Speech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Epilogue: From Sectional Conflict to Posthumous Consecration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474491969