Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882

English traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( )
233 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 3,808 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection of essays, published in 1856, grew out of Emerson's travels in England, undertaken shortly after he resigned his ministry following a loss of faith. An insightful survey of English history and manners, English Traits also features accounts of Emerson's meetings with such luminaries as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Carlyle

Essays & lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
45 editions published between 1983 and 2008 in English and held by 3,401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
485 editions published between 1800 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 3,326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Inspiring essays from America's most famous poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. This edition is one of the most complete, affordable editions of Emerson's essays available. Reprinted here is the full content of all twelve "First Series" essays and all eight "Second Series" essays. Emerson provides insightful commentary on Love, Friendship, History, Nature, and Politics. Bonus feature: Emerson's "New England Reformers" lecture." --Amazon

Representative men seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
268 editions published between 1800 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,927 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1845 Ralph Waldo Emerson began a series of lectures and writings in which he limned six figures who embodied the principles and aspirations of a still-young American republic. Emerson offers timeless meditations on the value of individual greatness, reconnecting readers with the everyday virtues of his "Representative Men"

The portable Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
55 editions published between 1946 and 1991 in English and held by 2,521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldy idealist

Essays : first and second series by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
228 editions published between 1800 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection of Emerson's essays covers the contents of two volumes originally published in 1841 and 1844. Annotation. 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 called "the great and crescive self," he dramatizes and records its vicissitudes. Here is a collection of his classic essays, including the exhortation to "Self-Reliance" and the embattled realizations of "Circles" and "Experience." Here, too, are his wide-ranging discourses on history, art, politics, nature, friendship, love, and much more. For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by major American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome and durable paperback books. A distinguished author has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice of the text, and notes

Collected poems and translations by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Book )
19 editions published in 1994 in 3 languages and held by 2,363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains Emerson's published poetry, plus selections of his unpublished poetry from journals and notebooks, and some of his translations of poetry from other languages, notably Dante's La vita nuova

The selected letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( )
10 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and held by 2,293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Selected Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson presents Emerson at his most guarded and his most vulnerable, writing to other Transcendentalists such as Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller, to his wife and brothers, to friends like Longfellow and Whitman. With effusions of love, messages of condolence, letters of support for Thoreau and Whitman, and critiques of friends' writings, this extraordinary collection presents an Emerson deeply connected to the world around him

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( )
44 editions published between 1836 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,075 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( )
40 editions published between 1800 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Interspersed are passages from the author's "Essays" and "Journal."