THE ACTIVE IMAGINATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. NOTE ON TEXTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. The Soul
7. DEFINITIONS 19
8. THE ORIGINAL RELATION 25
9. THE ACTIVE IMAGINATION 33
10. THE SENSES 37
11. SCIENCE 45
12. HISTORY 59
13. THE MORAL SENTIMENT 66
14. COMPENSATION 72
15. THE WHOLE SOUL 77
16. THE VITAL MIND 81
17. THE INSTINCTIVE CONSCIENCE 86
18. SELF-RELIANCE 92
19. PART II. The Soul's Emphasis
20. THE LITERARY TEST 101
21. WORDS 109
22. RHYTHM 112
23. METAPHOR 119
24. TONE 128
25. AUDIENCE 143
26. PART III. The Soul's Emphasis Is Always Right
27. THE EMERSONIAN CAREER: FIRST CRISIS 165
28. THE LIMITS OF TEMPERAMENT 176
29. SECOND CRISIS 187
30. THE LATER DOCTRINE OF THE SOUL 203
31. EMERSON AS PROPHET 215
32. Notes. Index
33. NOTES 231
34. INDEX 245