The Selected Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 023110281X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Distinguished Emerson scholar Joel Myerson has selected 350 letters written between 1813 and 1880 that best represents the scope of Emerson's correspondence.
Great Book! A Customer This book somewhat gives a different view of what Emerson was like away from being the literature giant that he isif that sounds interesting to you then you should get this book.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Emerson, who followed Montaigne in never overvaluing reading, is now interred under 38 volumes of lectures, letters, journals and notebooks. . Nonetheless, Emerson's life was touched repeatedly by terrible loss?the death of his first wife, the increasing mental debilitation of his brother Edward, the sudden death of his beloved son Waldo?and at every turn, that characteristic tone of hortatory anticipation deepens to comprehend it, ultimately reaffirming Emerson's abiding belief in the universe's unyielding principle of "Compensation." Emerson was a grumpy, reluctant traveler and generally preferr