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- Search the Literature Online (LION) database to find background and criticism on Emerson, as well as on the individual titles (Nature, "English Traits," "May-Day," etc.). You can also search for a subject, such as "American Poetry."
- Try the Literature Resource Center database as well for criticism and references on certain works or authors in reference sources, such as the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism, etc.
- Search the Library Catalog (see "Suggested Subject Headings" below).
- To dig deeper, search the MLA and Humanities Full-Text databases.
This list is not comprehensive! Perform an author search in the Library Catalog for "Emerson, Ralph" to see more titles. If you need a work that is not owned by the Library, please place an Interlibrary Loan request for it.
| Essays and English Traits | -- AC12 .A4 1969 v.5, 808.8 H33c v.5 |
| Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson | -- PS1631 .A4 1939, vols. 1-6 |
| Poems of Ralph Emerson | -- PS1624 .A1 1914 |
| Society and Solitude | -- PS1622 .A1 1870 |
| Anglo-American Antiphony: The Late Romaticism of Tennyson and Emerson | -- PR5592 .R63 B73 1994, and available through netLibrary |
| Emerson, Romaticism, and Intuitive Reason: The Transatlantic "Light of All Our Day" | -- PS1638 .K36 2005, and available through ebrary |
| Less Legible Meanings: Between Poetry and Philosophy in the Work of Emerson | -- available through ebrary |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Collection of Critical Essays | -- PS1638 .R29 1993 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | -- REF PN771 .C59 |
| Contemporary Authors | -- REF PN451 .C63 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | -- REF PS21 .D5 |
| Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism | -- REF PS217 .T7 E53 1996 |
| Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | -- REF PN771 .G27 |
To access an electronic book, look it up by title in the Library catalog and click on the link at the bottom of the record. The link will take you to the book in the netLibrary or ebrary databases. If you live off-campus, you will need to set-up a free account from a computer that is on-campus.
- To see a list of electronic book on Ralph Waldo Emerson, click here.
| Emerson in His Own Time | -- available through netLibrary |
| Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson | -- available through ebrary |
| Mythic Archetypes in Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Blakean Reading | -- available through netLibrary |
Use these terms to perform a subject search in the library's catalog. Be sure to browse through the headings list you get to see subtopics.
- American Essays
- Authors, American -- 19th Century
- Dial (Boston, Mass)
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803 - 1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and Interpretation
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Influence
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Philosophy
- Transcendentalism (New England)
Use the following library databases to find journal articles about the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as biographical information, essays, and other critical and reference resources.
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Humanities Full-Text
Indexes articles under the subjects of archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. -
Literature Online (LION)
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. -
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. -
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database goes back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson -- from the University of Michigan
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- American Transcendentalism Web, maintained by Virginia Commonwealth University
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- from Poets.org
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society -- maintained by the University of South Carolina
| Citing Sources | -- from the Duke University Libraries |
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | -- RREF LB2369 .G52 2003 * |
* RREF stands for Ready Reference near the reference desk on the first floor.
Need more help finding resources? Email me at kowens@flagler.edu or visit the Library's Reference Desk.
Last Updated: September 09, 2008