Emerson: Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures /

Emerson: Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life (Library of America)
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Our most eloquent champion of individualism, Emerson acknowledges at the same time the countervailing pressures of society in American life. Even as he extols what he called â‚¬Å“the great and crescive self,â‚¬Â he dramatizes and records its vicissitudes.

Here are all the indispensable and most renowned works, including â‚¬Å“The American Scholarâ‚¬Â (â‚¬Å“our intellectual Declaration of Independence,â‚¬Â as Oliver Wendell Holmes called it), â‚¬Å“The Divinity School Address,â‚¬Â considered atheistic by many of his listeners, the summons to â‚¬Å“Self-Reliance,â‚¬Â along with the more embattled realizations of â‚¬Å“Circlesâ‚¬Â and, especially, â‚¬Å“Experience.â‚¬Â Here, too, are his wide-ranging portraits of Montaigne, Shakespeare, and other â‚¬Å“representative men,â‚¬Â and his astute observations on the habits, lives, and prospects of the English and American people.

This volume includes Emersonâ‚¬s well-knownÂ Nature; Addresses, and LecturesÂ (1849), hisÂ Essays: First SeriesÂ (1841) andÂ Essays: Second SeriesÂ (1844), plusÂ Representative MenÂ (1850),Â English TraitsÂ (1856), and his later book of essays,Â The Conduct of LifeÂ (1860). These are the works that established Emersonâ‚¬s colossal reputation in America and found him admirers abroad as diverse as Carlyle, Nietzsche, and Proust.Â The reasons for Emersonâ‚¬s influence and durability will be obvious to any reader who follows the exhilarating, exploratory movements of his mind in this uniquely full gathering of his work.

Not merely another selection of his essays, this volume includes all his major books in their rich entirety. No other volume conveys so comprehensively the exhilaration and exploratory energy of perhaps Americaâ‚¬s greatest writer.

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ‚¬s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ‚¬s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780940450158
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1983-11-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780940450158

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780940450158
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1983-11-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780940450158

Emerson: Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life (Library of America)

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