The Portable Emerson

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698155688
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 754

Book Description
This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldly idealist. The Portable Emerson comprises essays, including “History,” “Self-Reliance,” “The Over-Soul,” “Circles,” and “The Poet”; Emerson’s first book, Nature, in its entirety; twenty-two poems, including “Uriel,” “The Humble-Bee,” and “Give All to Love”; orations, including “The American Scholar,” “The Fugitive Slave Law,” and “John Brown”; English Traits, complete; and biographical essays on Plato, Napoleon, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Carlyle, and others.

Natural History of Intellect

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307419916
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 880

Book Description
Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau The definitive collection of Emerson’s major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life’s work of a true “American Scholar.” As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual, emphasized independent thought, and prized “the splendid labyrinth of one’s own perceptions.” More than any writer of his time, he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson’s essays “the most important work done in prose.” INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE

Essays

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author: Chris Highland
Publisher: Wilderness Press
ISBN: 0899976131
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Carry Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 of his most insightful quotes. As an “adventuring heretic,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) challenged comfortable assumptions about nature, scientific understanding, and divine intelligence. The Sage of Concord’s writings continue to inspire and influence new generations of thinkers and readers as he bridges the wild places of the heart and intellect. In Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson, editor Chris Highland pairs 60 Emerson passages with inspirational quotes from historical and contemporary luminaries as diverse as Margaret Fuller, the Dalai Lama, and Jack Kerouac. Take this pocket-size guide with you on backpacks, nature hikes, and camping trips. Let Emerson’s words enrich your experience as you ponder the wilderness from riverbank, mountaintop, or as you relax beside your campfire. Inside you’ll find: 60 inspiring Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes Selections of text from other philosophical minds Short excerpts for convenient reading This portable sampler of 60 selections—from 30 years of Emerson’s writings—reveals the essence of Emerson’s spiritual vision. Journey into the mind and heart of this great 19th century author, poet, and philosopher whose writings remain relevant and inspiring today.

Nature and Walking

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080709532X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.

The Portable Thoreau

Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101128100
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 658

Book Description
An updated edition of Thoreau's most widely read works Self-described as "a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot," Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and as an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent-that of a poet-philosopher-in prose and verse. Edited by noted Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S. Cramer, this edition promises to be the new standard for those interested in discovering the great thinker's influential ideas about everything from environmentalism to limited government. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Selected Essays, Lectures, and Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: New York : Pocket Books : Washington Square Press, 1965 (1977 printing)
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
A collection of writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, including sermons, poems, and journal excerpts, as well as a portion of his contributions to "Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli," with critical interpretations, and essays that examine the context in which Emerson wrote, and his critical reception.

The Conduct of Life

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Emerson: Poems

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Presents approximately 175 poems by nineteenth-century American writer-philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.