Elizabeth Scofield was born in Northern California and completed her master's degree in Portland, Oregon. She has worked in Western Europe, New England and in California at various universities and language schools, and currently runs her own communications business, Esscofield Communications. This book describes her experiences as a master's student and Ph.D. candidate, which began in 1993. She was bestowed the title of Visiting Associate at Harvard University for the academic year of 2004-2005, and continued conducting research on the topic of Ralph Waldo Emerson followed by several years of volunteering at the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts. This is her first book.
Nordic Influence On Emerson's Self-Reliance -"Elizabeth Scofield blends two themes in this study-one a rarely heard personal narrative of experience as a graduate student researcher, the other her conclusions about the Nordic influence on Emerson's self-reliance. The latter focus is new in Emerson studies. Scholars know of the mythic reach of his prose-from the gods and heroes of Greece and Rome to those of Asia. But what of Odin and Eric the Red as figures in his journals and essays? Scofield builds a case for this lore as early learning for Emerson, a heritage of reading that she discovers from books that still survive in his family home at Concord's Old Manse". - Dr. Phyllis Blum Cole, Professor Emerita of English, Women's Studies, and American Studies, Penn State Brandywind
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