The essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

By:

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Modern Library 2000Description: xvii, 850 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780679783220

DDC classification:

814/.3EME

Summary: 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.?

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Book	UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam	814/.3EME (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	001712

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.?

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