Skip to content

Critical Provisions

scraps of literary criticism–from the classroom, works in progress, private musings, public soliloquies, barroom disputations, and more.

  • Author Index A-K
  • Author Index L-R
  • Author Index S-Z
  • Pride of Posts
  • 20th and 21st Centuries
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 16th and 17th Centuries
  • Philosophers
  • Notebook
  • About The Blog

Tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson

226. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A few generations ago, the starting point of a discussion about Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the writers of his time and … More

American Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson

182. (Herman Melville)

Like many exciting periods in literary history, the middle of the nineteenth century saw in American authors intense and often … More

herman melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Renaissance

70. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

This year, Emerson dawned on me. Piecemeal–not as piecemeal as aphoristic bumper-stickers and magnets–but in units of language that span … More

Criticism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, reading
Follow Critical Provisions on WordPress.com

Recent Posts

  • 401. (Charles Baudelaire)
  • 400 (T.S. Eliot)
  • 399. (Christina G. Rossetti)
  • 398. (William Wordsworth)
  • 397. (Robert Browning)
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Critical Provisions
    • Join 174 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Critical Provisions
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar