Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures, Essays: First and Second Series, Representative Men, English Traits, and the Conduct of Life

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

ISBN 10: 1420933345 / ISBN 13: 9781420933345

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• Title: Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures, Essays: First and Second Series, Representative Men, English Traits, and the Conduct of Life
• Publisher: Digireads.Com
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420933345
• ISBN 13: 9781420933345
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leading figure in the 19th century Transcendentalism movement. A champion of individualism and persistent critic of social pressures, Emerson was an influential American figure whose philosophy is embodied in the numerous essays he wrote and lectures he gave. This volume brings together an extensive selection of those essays and lectures. "Essays and Lectures" is a robust representation of Emerson's writings in which you will find the following individual works: "Nature: Addresses and Lectures"; "Essays: First and Second Series"; "Representative Men"; "English Traits"; and "The Conduct of Life".

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