The collected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson / introductions and notes by Robert E. Spiller ; text established by Alfred R. Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Contributor:

Spiller, Robert Ernest, 1896-1988.

Ferguson, Alfred R. (Alfred Riggs), 1915-1974.

Slater, Joseph, 1916-2001.

Carr, Jean Ferguson.

Standardized Title:

Works. 1971

Language:

English

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 1971-

Summary:

Emerson traveled broadly in England and Scotland in 1833 and again on lecture tour fifteen years later. Drawing on his experiences there as well as his wide reading in British history, he set forth in English Traits his view of the English as a nation. English Traits is a searching and distinctive portrayal of English culture that today offers a revealing perspective on American viewpoints and preoccupations in the mid-nineteenth century. It is notable, too, for revealing an interesting side of Emerson's complex character; here we find Emerson the practical Yankee, analyzing English power, resourcefulness, determination, and materialism.

Contents:

v. 1. Nature, addresses, and lectures

v. 2. Essays, first series

v. 3. Essays, second series.

v. 4. Representative men. Seven lectures.

v. 5. English traits.

v.6. The conduct of life.

v.7. Society and solitude

v.8. Letters and social aims

v.9. Poems : a variorum edition

v.10. Uncollected prose writings : Addesses, essays, and reviews

Notes:

Vol. 2-3 :Introduction and notes by Joseph Slater ; text established by Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr.

Vol.8: Historical introduction by Ronald A. Bosco ; Notes and parallel passages by Glen M. Johnson ; Text established and textual introduction by Joel Myerson

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0674139704 :

OCLC:

246581