Nature and Other Writings (Shambhala Library)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

ISBN 10: 1590300998 / ISBN 13: 9781590300992

Published by Shambhala, 2003

About this Item

Text is bright, clean and free of extraneous markings or sign of previous ownership. Cover has a tiny indentation along the bottom. Has page-marker ribbon. In addition to 'Nature' the book contains 19 of Emerson's other essays. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.

Seller Inventory # 001613

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nature and Other Writings (Shambhala Library)
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590300998
• ISBN 13: 9781590300992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"The mind of Emerson," literary critic Harold Bloom once wrote, "is the mind of America." Indeed, Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays contain some of the most memorable and important expressions of American thought. Generations of readers have been stirred by Emerson's ideal of self-reliance, and his vision of nature as a manifestation of the divine spirit has profoundly influenced American naturalists and environmentalists from Thoreau's time to the present. Poets as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Allen Ginsberg were inspired by the transcendental flavor of Emerson's work.

This volume brings together selections from Emerson's best-loved writings, particularly drawing upon his early work, which is some of his most poignant. Included are excerpts from Nature, the famous "Divinity School Address," "Self-Reliance," "The Over-Soul," "Compensation," "Spiritual Laws," "The Poet," and "Circles." Several of his most moving poems appear here as well.

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803­—1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer, whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister, continuing a long line of ministers in his family. He traveled widely and lectured, and became well known for his publications Essays and Nature.