| The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings Contributor(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Author), Robinson, David M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807077194 ISBN-13: 9780807077191 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $20.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: "A guided anthology that takes the reader through Emerson's own spiritual evolution." --Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Emerson: The Mind on Fire Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, but his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson's spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. "It is a great service of this book that it traces [Emerson's] spiritual development . . . [It] is also valuable in establishing the full texture and subtlety of Emerson's much-misunderstood notion of self-reliance and nonconformity." --Richard Higgins, Boston Globe "This collection brings together for the first time Emerson's most important writings on spiritual themes, along with a discerning and eminently readable introduction by one of the foremost authorities on Emerson's religious thought." --Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of Literary Transcendentalism and Emerson |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Religion | Spirituality - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 814 |
| LCCN: 2003000379 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.24" W x 8.18" (0.75 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, but his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson's spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. |