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Well-researched and related in a lively, engaging style, this volume offers a definitive look at the life and times of "the sage of Concord." Emerson possessed a creative and rebellious intellect that led him on a lifelong quest to place universal truths within a framework of social reality. This work traces the development of his often-controversial ideas and their expression, with criticisms of Emerson’s early transcendentalist works, poetry, and later writings, as well as a survey of his influence on other authors.
Ralph Waldo Emerson FROM THE PUBLISHER
Definitive look at the life and times of the sage of Concord traces the development of Emerson's often-controversial ideas and their expression, with criticisms of his early transcendentalist works, poetry, and later writings, as well as a survey of his influence on other authors. Well-researched and related in a lively, engaging style.
Well-researched and related in a lively, engaging style, this volume offers a definitive look at the life and times of the sage of Concord. Emerson possessed a creative and rebellious intellect that led him on a lifelong quest to place universal truths within a framework of social reality. This work traces the development of his often-controversial ideas and their expression, with criticisms of Emerson's early transcendentalist works, poetry, and later writings, as well as a survey of his influence on other authors.
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Blends biography and criticism in an examination of the life and career of one of 19th-century America's foremost thinkers, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Traces the development of his often controversial ideas and their expression, evaluates his early transcendentalist works, poetry, and other writing, and surveys his far-reaching influence on other authors. This is an unabridged reprinting of a work originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1915. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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