Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Journals Vol. 1 1820-1842 (LOA #201)
Selected Journals Vol. 1 1820-1842 (LOA #201)
- Hardcover
992 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2010
Summary
When Emerson died in 1882 he was the most famous public intellectual in America. Yet his most remarkable literary creation–his journals–remained unpublished. Begun when he was a precocious Harvard junior of 16 and continued without significant lapse for almost 60 years, Emerson’s journals were his life’s work. They were the starting point for virtually everything in his celebrated essays, lectures, and poems. It would be a hundred years after his death before these intimate records would appe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598530674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598530674 |
| Author: | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lawrence Rosenwald |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 992 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 618g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 132mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Library of America Ralph Waldo Emerson Edition |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“In his journals, Emerson focused on a wide range of topics, from moral truth to domestic gossip, from Concord to European travels, from solitude to democracy, slavery, and the US economy. His frame of reference oscillates between nature and human character (of both historical figures and his contemporaries). Both history and autobiography, these volumes are captivating. Highly recommended.” —Choice
About The Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882) settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1834, where he began a career as a public lecturer. Every year Emerson made a lecture tour, the source of most of his essays. His principal publications includeNature(1836),two volumes ofEssays(1841, 1844),Poems(1847),Representative Men(1850),The Conduct of Life(1860), andSociety and Solitude(1870).Lawrence Rosenwald, editor, is Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature at Wellesley College and the author of Emerson and the Art of the Diary.
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