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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series: A Library of America Paperback Classic,Used
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A compilation of the best essays written by the father of transcendentalism, with selections from Emersons lectures on history, art, politics, and moreIn the words of Harold Bloom, Emerson's prose is his triumph, both as eloquence and as insight. After Shakespeare, it matches anything else in the language. Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essays, including the exhortation to SelfReliance, 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 wideranging discourses on history, art, politics, friendship, love, and much more.For almost thirty years, The Library of America has presented America's best and most significant writing in acclaimed hardcover editions. Now, a new series, Library of America Paperback Classics, offers attractive and affordable books that bring The Library of America's authoritative texts within easy reach of every reader. Each book features an introductory essay by a leading writer, as well as a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice and history of the text, and notes.
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