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AcceptableA book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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9781598530681
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1598530682
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Journals Vol. 2 1841-1877 (Loa #202)
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Library of America Ralph Waldo Emerson Edition Ser.
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Library of America, T.H.E.
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8.1 in
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2010
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Hardcover
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English
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1.3 in
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Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
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Movements / Transcendentalism, American / General, Literary
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23.8 Oz
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5.2 in
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992 Pages
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Journals 1841-1877
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598530682
ISBN-13
9781598530681
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Journals Vol. 2 1841-1877 (Loa #202)
Number of Pages
992 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Movements / Transcendentalism, American / General, Literary
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Book Series
Library of America Ralph Waldo Emerson Edition Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
2009-935641
Reviews
“For several months I have been camping out in the mind of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is a companionable, familiar, and yet endlessly stimulating place, and, since his mind his stronger than mine, I keep referring to his wisdom, even his doubts, and quite shamelessly identifying with him. All this started when I came across in a local bookstore the new, two-volume edition of his Selected Journals , published by The Library of America, and I decided to give it a whirl. Some 1,900 pages later, I am in thrall to, in love with, Mr. Emerson.” –Phillip Lopate, Harper’s Magazine
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Series Volume Number
4
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
When Emerson died in 1882 he was the most famous public intellectual in America. Yet his most remarkable literary creation–his journals–remained unpublished. Begun when he was a precocious Harvard junior of 16 and continued without significant lapse for almost 60 years, Emerson’s journals were his life’s work. They were the starting point for virtually everything in his celebrated essays, lectures, and poems; a “Savings Bank,” in which his occasional insights began to cohere and yield interest; a commonplace book, in which he gathered the choicest anecdotes, ideas, and phrases from his voracious and wide-ranging reading; and a fascinating diary in the ordinary sense of the term. It would be a hundred years after his death before these intimate records would appear in print in their entirety, and they are still, at over three million words, among the least known and least available of Emerson’s writings. The journals reveal what Emerson called “the infinitude of the private man”-by turns whimsical, incisive, passionate, curious, and candid-in astonishing new ways. With Selected Journals 1841-1877 and its companion volume Selected Journals 1820-1842 , The Library of America presents the most ample and comprehensive nonspecialist edition of Emerson’s great work ever published-one that retains the original order in which he composed his thoughts and preserves the dramatic range of his unique style in long, uninterrupted passages, but without the daunting critical apparatus of the 16-volume scholarly edition. Each volume includes a 16-page portfolio of images of Emerson and his contemporaries, a note on the selections, extensive notes, biographical sketches, a chronology, and an index. This volume opens with an Emerson at the height of his powers, soon to write his celebrated essays “Experience” and “Self-Reliance,” and in the midst of a vibrant intellectual circle. It follows his anguished reactions to the nation’s intensifying political turmoil: his anger at the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, his antislavery activism, and his day- to-day experience of the Civil War (including a wartime trip to Washington, D.C., where he met President Lincoln). LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries., When Emerson died in 1882 he was the most famous public intellectual in America. Yet his most remarkable literary creation–his journals–remained unpublished. Begun when he was a precocious Harvard junior of 16 and continued without significant lapse for almost 60 years, Emerson’s journals were his life’s work. They were the starting point for virtually everything in his celebrated essays, lectures, and poems; a “Savings Bank,” in which his occasional insights began to cohere and yield interest; a commonplace book, in which he gathered the choicest anecdotes, ideas, and phrases from his voracious and wide-ranging reading; and a fascinating diary in the ordinary sense of the term. It would be a hundred years after his death before these intimate records would appear in print in their entirety, and they are still, at over three million words, among the least known and least available of Emerson’s writings. The journals reveal what Emerson called “the infinitude of the private man”-by turns whimsical, incisive, passionate, curious, and candid-in astonishing new ways. With Selected Journals 1841-1877 and its companion volume Selected Journals 1820-1842 , The Library of America presents the most ample and comprehensive nonspecialist edition of Emerson’s great work ever published-one that retains the original order in which he composed his thoughts and preserves the dramatic range of his unique style in long, uninterrupted passages, but without the daunting critical apparatus of the 16-volume scholarly edition. Each volume includes a 16-page portfolio of images of Emerson and his contemporaries, a note on the selections, extensive notes, biographical sketches, a chronology, and an index. This volume opens with an Emerson at the height of his powers, soon to write his celebrated essays “Experience” and “Self-Reliance,” and in the midst of a vibrant intellectual circle. It follows his anguished reactions to the nation’s intensifying political turmoil- his anger at the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, his antislavery activism, and his day- to-day experience of the Civil War (including a wartime trip to Washington, D.C., where he met President Lincoln). LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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PS1631.A335 2010
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