The topical notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The topical notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson

edited by Susan Sutton Smith

University of Missouri Press, c1990-c1994

  • : set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Chief editor: Ralph H. Orth"--V. 1, added t.p.

Vol. 2 edited by Ronald A. Bosco

Vol. 3 edited by Glen M. Johnson

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Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780826207302

Description

Seven of Emerson's notebooks have been included in this first of three volumes. They were the raw material for many of his lectures, essays and books of the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s. Philosophy, nature, art and American culture are among the subjects which predominate. The text has been annotated.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780826208583

Description

This the second in a three-volume edition that brings twelve of Emerson's topical notebooks and four other notebooks into print for the first time. These notebooks were Emerson's repositories for anecdotes, quotations, reminiscences, drafts of his poems, outlines for lectures, and observations on everything from daily life to cultural and philosohical issues. Among the main features of the five notebooks in this volume, ""Orientalist"" ,in particular, provides an opportunity to study Emerson's adaptation of Eastern thought. In his introduction, Bosco discusses how Emerson's method in compiling ""Orientalist"", and the other notebooks collected here ,is integral to his belief in the transcendental character of nature and fate. Detailed annotations describe and comment on erased or revised passages, translate Greek or Latin quotations and identify other words mentioned in the notebooks. References to similar passages in Emerson's published and unpublished writings are also provided. In addition, there is an index provided by the editors as well as an appendix with Emerson's own index to his notebooks.
Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780826209511

Description

The author presents four of Emerson's notebooks, dating from the mid 1840s through the early 1870s. The notebooks contain diverse material, from which Emerson wrote his lectures, essays and books. The other volumes in the series help give a clear picture of the subtleties of Emerson's thought.

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