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{ Monthly Archives } May 2003

Emerson the Modern

The New York Times has popped off the obligatory birthday card to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 200 years old on May 25th. I’d like to propose more explicitly that the Yankee Plato, as he’s been dubbed, the Sage of Concord, the so-called father of American individualism, even (says Harold Bloom) the American God, remains a contemporary guide […]

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Emerson the Modern

The New York Times popped off the obligatory birthday card this week to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 200 years old on May 25th.I’d like to propose more explicitly that the Yankee Plato, as he’s been dubbed, the Sage of Concord, the so-called father of American individualism, even (says Harold Bloom) the American God, remains a contemporary […]

2003 05 09 Uncategorized Comments (1)