Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. 1. Prologue: William and Ruth Emerson 1
5. 2. Boston, 1803 14
6. 3. Looking Out from His Corner 19
7. 4. A Boy’s Troubled World 30
8. 5. Concord Ghosts and Others 43
9. 6. Banishing Dullness from His Mind 54
10. 7. Under the Tree of Knowledge 63
11. 8. The Unwilling Schoolmaster 89
12. 9. The Prized Gown and Band 110
13. 10. Ellen 131
14. 11. Theses Nailed to the Church Door 151
15. 12. A Fool’s Paradise 168
16. 13. A Thinker Let Loose 198
17. 14. Lidian 210
18. 15. Pan and Other Gods 227
19. 16. This Age, This Country, Oneself 249
20. 17. The Dial and the Essays 275
21. 18. Leaping and Piercing Melodies 305
22. 19. Not a World to Hide Virtues In 330
23. 20. Down from His Ivory Tower 360
24. 21. Things in the Saddle 388
25. 22. The Fierce Storm of War 408
26. 23. The Firmament Shrinks to a Tent 429
27. 24. Voyage to the Island of Philae 459
28. 25. Terminus 481
29. Notes 509
30. Index and Bibliography 553