Representative Men; Seven Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson. CONTENTS: Uses of Great Men -- Plato; or, The Philosopher; Plato: New Readings -- Swedenborg; or, The Mystic -- Montaigne; or, The... More > Skeptic.--Shakespeare; or, The Poet -- Napoleon; or, The Man of the World -- Goethe; or, The Writer. Reproduction of 1894 Edition.< Less
Representative Men; Seven Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson. CONTENTS: Uses of Great Men -- Plato; or, The Philosopher; Plato: New Readings -- Swedenborg; or, The Mystic -- Montaigne; or, The... More > Skeptic.--Shakespeare; or, The Poet -- Napoleon; or, The Man of the World -- Goethe; or, The Writer. Reproduction of 1894 Edition.< Less
Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The first essay discusses the role played by "great men" in society, and the remaining six each extoll the... More > virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great: Plato ("the Philosopher"), Emanuel Swedenborg ("the Mystic"), Michel de Montaigne ("the Skeptic"), William Shakespeare ("the Poet"), Napoleon ("the Man of the World"), and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("the Writer"). The work was described by Matthew Arnold as "the most important work done in prose".< Less
Seven Lectures: Uses of Great Men -- Plato; or, The Philosopher; Plato: New Readings -- Swedenborg; or, The Mystic -- Montaigne; or, The Skeptic.--Shakespeare; or, The Poet -- Napoleon; or, The Man... More > of the World -- Goethe; or, The Writer.< Less
Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role played by "great men" in society, and... More > the remaining six each extoll the virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great: Plato ("the Philosopher"), Emanuel Swedenborg ("the Mystic"), Michel de Montaigne ("the Skeptic"), William Shakespeare ("the Poet"), Napoleon ("the Man of the World"), and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("the Writer"). The work was described by Matthew Arnold as "the most important work done in prose".< Less
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Uses of Great Men
Plato; or, the Philosopher
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
Shakspeare; or, the Poet
Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
Goethe; or, the... More > Writer
ENGLISH TRAITS
I First Visit to England
II Voyage to England
III Land
IV Race
V Ability
VI Manners
VII Truth
VIII Character
IX Cockayne
X Wealth
XI Aristocracy
XII Universities
XIII Religion
XIV Literature
XV The "Times"
XVI Stonehenge
XVII Personal
XVIII Result
XIX Speech at Manchester< Less
Men of Austen: Defining Masculinity in Jane Austen’s Novels” examines Jane Austen’s literary constructions of men and masculinity as feminine and feminist contributions to the... More > public debate on ideal English masculinity throughout the Romantic period. It explores the problematic position of women writers in critiquing masculinity in the highly politicized context of the Romantic period and develops a theoretical approach to interpreting their constructions of desirable and undesirable masculinities as being representative of their social, cultural and feminist concerns. Throughout her novels, Jane Austen’s representations of the desirable male – of ‘what men ought to be’ – are informed by her fundamental concerns regarding the realization of female self hood and the fulfillment of women’s desires, and the political survival and moral well being of the English nation.< Less
The early chapters relate to the history of a very important
branch of British industry--that of Shipbuilding. A later
chapter, kindly prepared by Sir Edward J. Harland, of Belfast,
relates to the... More > origin and progress of shipbuilding in Ireland.
Many of the facts set forth in the Life and Inventions of William
Murdock have already been published in my 'Lives of Boulton and
Watt;" but these are now placed in a continuous narrative, and
supplemented by other information, more particularly the
correspondence between Watt and Murdock, communicated to me by
the present representative of the family, Mr. Murdock, C.E, of
Gilwern, near Abergavenny.< Less
The early chapters relate to the history of a very important
branch of British industry--that of Shipbuilding. A later
chapter, kindly prepared by Sir Edward J. Harland, of Belfast,
relates to the... More > origin and progress of shipbuilding in Ireland.
Many of the facts set forth in the Life and Inventions of William
Murdock have already been published in my 'Lives of Boulton and
Watt;" but these are now placed in a continuous narrative, and
supplemented by other information, more particularly the
correspondence between Watt and Murdock, communicated to me by
the present representative of the family, Mr. Murdock, C.E, of
Gilwern, near Abergavenny.< Less
While it is not the purpose of this paper to provide a sociological
explanation of why men behave the way they do, the hypothesis explores the way men changed following the First and Second World... More > Wars. Conventions of emotional dependence, intimacy and physical closeness are discussed in relation to visual cultures representing the story of masculinity which offer meaningful allegories for fathers, sons and male friendships through images.
Male comportment is examined through images representing
men since the introduction of photography. Tracing social shifts and developments in attitudes towards photographs of men which were seen as innovative and fascinating.< Less
