Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1999
Summary
A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of America’s greatest philosophers and poets.
The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume, Emersonian thought is a unique blend of belief in in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553213881 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553213881 |
| Author: | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 107mm x 24mm |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 -1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer, whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister, continuing a long line of ministers in his family. He traveled widely and lectured, and became well known for his publications Essays and Nature.
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