Emerson Ralph Waldo - The Essential Writings Of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James Robert Frost Matthew Arnold Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry David Thoreau The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches essays and poetry The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true 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. More than any writer of his time he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson's essays the most important work done in prose. Includes A Modern Library Reading Group Guide
Title: The Essential Writings Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author(s): Emerson Ralph Waldo, Brooks Atkinson
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780679783220
Pages: 880 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2000
Series: Modern Library Classics
Category: Literary Studies: General