Selected writings
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson ; supplementary materials written by Laura Baker ; series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson
Contributors: Baker, Laura; Johnson, Cynthia, 1969-
Series: Simon and Schuster enriched classic
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781416599654
Work titles: Selections
Description: This Enriched Classic edition includes: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information ; A chronology of the author's life and work ; A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ; An outline of key themes to guide the reader's own interpretations ; Detailed explanatory notes ; Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work ; Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ; A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chronology of Ralph Waldo Emerson's life and work; title: Historical context of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. ADDRESSES AND ESSAYS : The American scholar; title: The divinity school address, Nature, Self-reliance; title: The Over-soul; title: Circles; title: The poet; title: Experience; title: Politics; title: Montaigne ; or, The skeptic; title: Thoreau; title: The transcendentalist; title: Fate. POEMS: Uriel; title: The rhodora; title: The snow-storm; title: Threnody; title: Concord hymn; title: Brahma; title: The Sphinx; title: Each and all; title: The problem; title: Hamatreya; title: The humble-bee; title: Ode; title: Give all to love; title: Days; title: Terminus.  Notes; title: Interpretive notes; title: Critical excerpts; title: Questions for discussion; title: Suggestions for the interested.