Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson : Letters and Social Aims / Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jean Ferguson Carr; ed. by Joel Myerson.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, author.; Bosco, Ronald A., contributor.; Johnson, Glen M., contributor.; Myerson, Joel, contributor.; Myerson, Joel, editor.
2010
PS1631.A4
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Title Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson : Letters and Social Aims / Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jean Ferguson Carr; ed. by Joel Myerson.
Author Emerson, Ralph Waldo, author.
ISBN 9780674053786
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674053786
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (670 p.)
Item Number 10.4159/9780674053786 doi
Call Number PS1631.A4
Dewey Decimal Classification 814.3
Summary Letters and Social Aims, published in 1875, contains essays originally published early in the 1840s as well as those that were the product of a collaborative effort among Ralph Waldo Emerson, his daughter Ellen Tucker Emerson, his son Edward Waldo Emerson, and his literary executor James Eliot Cabot. The volume takes up the topics of "Poetry and Imagination," "Social Aims," "Eloquence," "Resources," "The Comic," "Quotation and Originality," "Progress of Culture," "Persian Poetry," "Inspiration," "Greatness," and, appropriately for Emerson's last published book, "Immortality." The historical introduction demonstrates for the first time the decline in Emerson's creative powers after 1865; the strain caused by the preparation of a poetry anthology and delivery of lectures at Harvard during this time; the devastating effect of a house fire in 1872; and how the Emerson children and Cabot worked together to enable Emerson to complete the book. The textual introduction traces this collaborative process in detail and also provides new information about the genesis of the volume as a response to a proposed unauthorized British edition of Emerson's works. Historical Introduction by Ronald A. Bosco Notes and Parallel Passages by Glen M. Johnson Text Established and Textual Introduction and Apparatus by Joel Myerson
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Added Author Bosco, Ronald A., contributor.
Johnson, Glen M., contributor.
Myerson, Joel, contributor.
Myerson, Joel, editor.
Series Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Frontmatter
PREFACE
CONTENTS
NOTE ON NUMBERING AND DOCUMENTATION
ABBREVIATIONS
Historical Introduction
Statement of Editorial Principles
Textual Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Poetry and Imagination
CHAPTER 2 Social Aims
CHAPTER 3 Eloquence
CHAPTER 4 Resources
CHAPTER 5 The Comic
CHAPTER 6 Quotation and Originality
CHAPTER 7 Progress of Culture
CHAPTER 8 Persian Poetry
CHAPTER 9 Inspiration
CHAPTER 10 Greatness
CHAPTER 11 Immortality
NOTES
TEXTUAL APPARATUS
ANNEX A THE MANUSCRIPTS
APPENDIX TO ANNEX A ALTERATIONS IN THE MANUSCRIPTS
ANNEX B PARALLEL PASSAGES
INDEX

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