Channeling Emerson: AT WORK IN HIS TIMELESS, SMOKE-SCENTED, GHOST-CRAMMED STUDY AT THE OLD MANSE.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Old Manse (Concord, Mass.); Dwellings; Studies (Rooms); Authorship; Authors' homes & haunts

The author reflects on the study of poet, philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson at the Old Manse, a gray clapboard house in Concord, Massachusetts built by the writer's grandfather in 1769 and how the surfaces and the physical features of the room influenced his writing. Topics covered include the vanishing authenticity of the room through the years, style of sentence construction that Hawthorne has perfected in the room and experience of the author of visiting Emerson's room.