Book Review: Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Major Poetry
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A thorough new study of the poetry of the great transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read MoreMost criticism is reactive, but in his essay "The Poet," Ralph Waldo Emerson proved prophetic. He set a challenge and Walt Whitman took him up on it.
Read MoreWhen the long reign of Victoria ended, her son took the throne with a bonhomie the country hadn't seen in a century. The new king ate and entertained prodigiously - and mediated prodigiously as "the uncle of Europe." A Year with the Windsors looks at Edward VII.
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