The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume IV - Representative Men : Seven Lectures ( Volume 4 Four )
Language: English
Published by Belknap Press / University of Harvard Press, 1987
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** SCARCE ** STATED 1ST EDITION, 1983 ** STURDY CLOTH-BOUND HARDCOVER ** WITH DUSTJACKET ** FORMER LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN AND STAIN-FREE ** COMPLETE AND INTACT ** TEXT UNMARKED ** Published by Belknap/Harvard Press, 1st printing from 1987, with xcii + 409 pages, 4 pages of illustrations, large 8vo. NOTE: EX-LIBRARY BOOK, please expect library markings and indicia. There are NO library markings on the outside of the book itself. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line starting with "1" on copyright page. Aside from library markings, neither book or jacket have any major flaws, but do show brief, occasional, minor signs of use. The book is clean and stain-free, firm, tight, and straight in its binding, no pages are loose, missing, or torn. The hinges are sound and undamged, the corner tips are unbumped. The bottom edges of the boards show faint/slight signs of wear/shelf-use. Internally, pages are in Fine condition, clean and stain-free, bright and white, not age-toned, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in the text of the book. The dustjacket is clean, stain-free, and complete, no tears, no pieces missing, with light wear at the spine ends, and very occasional, very slight wear along the jacket edges. The only library marking to the jacket is a Dewey sticker at the bottom of the spine. Book interior: Pastedowns very faintly marked from where tape once fastened a clear plastic library cover to the jacket; bar code and card pocket on blank front page; one library stamp along the edge of the title page. LR2.…
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- Title
- The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume IV - Representative Men : Seven Lectures ( Volume 4 Four )
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Publisher
- Belknap Press / University of Harvard Press
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674139917
- ISBN 13
- 9780674139916
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- Large 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
In 1845 Emerson delivered a series of lectures entitled "Uses of Great Men; Plato, or the Philosopher; Swedenborg, or the Mystic; Montaigne, or the Skeptic; Shakespeare, or the Poet; Napoleon, or the Man of the World; and Goethe, or the Writer." Emerson's approach to his great men stands in interesting contrast to that of his friend Carlyle in his Heroes and Hero Worship of 1841.
Although by 1845 Emerson had been lecturing for over ten years, Representative Men, published in 1850, was the first of his works to consist of his lectures as delivered, with only minima! revision and expansion. The book retains the immediacy of the spoken word, and the freedom and daring inspired by a live audience.
This critical edition is based on Emerson's holograph manuscript, which served as printer's copy for the first American edition, collated with subsequent editions and with Emerson's own corrections. The historical introduction relates the book to Emerson's life and times and discusses its literary origins, composition, and contemporary reception. A textual introduction and apparatus have been provided by the textual editor, and there are full informational notes. The volume has been awarded the seal of the Center for Scholarly Editions
Joseph Slater, General Editor
Douglas Emory Wilson, Textual Editor
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