The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belknap Press, 1987
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Includes index
Contents of Works
- Essays, first series
- Essays, second series
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Kazin observes in his Introduction, "was a great writer who turned the essay into a form all his own." His celebrated essays-the twelve published in Essays: First Series (1841) and eight in Essays: Second Series (1844)-are here presented for the first time in an authoritative one-volume edition, which incorporates all the changes and corrections Emerson made after their initial publication.
The text is reproduced from the second and third volumes of The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a critical edition which draws on the vast body of Emerson scholarship of the last half century. Alfred R. Ferguson was founding editor of the edition, followed by Joseph Slater (until 1996).
Table of Contents
Introduction Essays: First Series I. History II. Self-Reliance III. Compensation IV. Spiritual Laws V. Love VI. Friendship VII. Prudence VIII. Heroism IX. The Over-Soul X. Circles XI. Intellect XII. Art Essays: Second Series I. The Poet II. Experience III. Character IV. Manners V. Gifts VI. Nature VII. Politics VIII. Nominalist and Realist Index
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