Ralph Waldo Emerson : Essays : First and Second Series
Subtitle: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Publisher: Library of America, The
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781598530841
Subjects: Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882; Philosophy, american
Description: Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essays, including the exhortation to "Self-Reliance," the embattled realizations of "Circles" and "Experience," and the groundbreaking achievement of "Nature." 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 calls "the great and crescive self," he dramatizes and records its vicissitudes. Also gathered here are his wide-ranging discourses on history, art, politics, friendship, love, and much more.