The Annotated Emerson by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The Annotated Emerson

A brilliant essayist and a master of the aphorism ("Our moods do not believe in each other";...
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Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Language: English
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The Annotated Emerson by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The Annotated Emerson

BD$61.43

The Annotated Emerson

BD$61.43
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A brilliant essayist and a master of the aphorism ("Our moods do not believe in each other"; "Money often costs too much"), Emerson has inspired countless writers. He challenged Americans to shut their ears against Europe's "courtly muses" and to forge a new, distinctly American cultural identity. But he remains one of America's least understood writers. And, by his own admission, he spawned neither school nor follower (he valued independent thought too much). Now, in this annotated selection of Emerson's writings, David Mikics instructs the reader in a larger appreciation of Emerson's essential works and the remarkable thinker who produced them.

Full of color illustrations and rich in archival photographs, this volume offers much for the specialist and general reader. In his running commentaries on Emerson's essays, addresses, and poems, Mikics illuminates contexts, allusions, and language likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. He quotes extensively from Emerson's Journal to shed light on particular passages or lines and examines Emerson the essayist, poet, itinerant lecturer, and political activist. Finally, in his Foreword, Phillip Lopate makes the case for Emerson as a spectacular truth teller--a model of intellectual labor and anti-dogmatic sanity.

Anyone who values Emerson will want to own this edition. Those wishing to discover, or to reacquaint themselves with, Emerson's writings but who have not known where or how to begin will not find a better starting place or more reliable guide than The Annotated Emerson.

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 02/07/2012
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.88lbs
Size: 10.08h x 9.14w x 1.68d
ISBN: 9780674049239


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/31/2011
Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 100
Choice 07/01/2012
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 187

About the Author
Mikics, David: - David Mikics is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of English at the University of Houston.Lopate, Phillip: - Phillip Lopate is a professor at Columbia University, where he directs the graduate nonfiction program.

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