Essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 (Author). Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1983 (Added Author). Oliver, Mary, 1935- (author of introduction. ).

Summary: A collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of an "American Scholar." As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual, emphasized independent thought, and prized "the splendid labyrinth of one's own perceptions." He forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and defined what it meant to be an American.

Record details

ISBN: 0679783229 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780679783220 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: print
xvii, 850 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 2000 Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes a reading group guide.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nature -- The American scholar -- An address -- The transcendentalist -- The Lord's supper -- Essays: First series. History -- Self-reliance -- Compensation -- Spiritual laws -- Love -- Friendship -- Prudence -- Heroism -- The over-soul -- Circles -- Intellect -- Art -- Essays: Second series. The poet -- Experience -- Character -- Manners -- Gifts -- Nature -- Politics -- Nominalist and realist -- New England reformers -- Plato: or, the philosopher -- Napoleon: or, the man of the world -- English traits. First visit to England -- Voyage to England -- Land -- Race -- Ability -- Manners -- Truth -- Character -- Cockayne -- Wealth -- Aristocracy -- Universities -- Religion -- Literature -- The "times" -- Stonehenge -- Personal -- Result -- Speech at Manchester -- Conduct of life. Wealth -- Culture -- Society and solitude -- Farming -- Poems. Good-bye -- The problem -- Uriel -- The rhodora -- The humble-bee -- The snow-storm -- Ode -- Forbearance -- Forerunners -- Give all to love -- Threnody -- Concord hymn -- May-Day -- The Adirondacs -- Brahma -- Merlin's song -- Hymn -- Days -- Character -- Walden -- Lines to Ellen -- Self-reliance -- Webster -- Ezra Ripley, D.D. -- Emancipation in the British West Indies -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- John Brown -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Thoreau -- Abraham Lincoln -- Carlyle -- Commentary.