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The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1848-51 v. 11 (Journals & Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson): Volume XI
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Description for The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1848-51 v. 11 (Journals & Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson): Volume XI
hardcover. Num Pages: 624 pages, 8 halftones. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Like Goethe, Ralph Waldo Emerson wanted to be the cultural historian and interpreter of his age—its business, politics, discoveries. The journals and notebooks included in this volume and covering in depth the years 1848 to 1851 reflect Emerson’s preoccupations with the events of these often turbulent years in America.
On his return to Concord from his successful lecture trip to England and visit to Paris in 1847–1848, Emerson resumed his familiar life of writer, thinker, and lecturer. Impressions of his recent European travels appear in passages in this volume which are used later in English Traits (1856). He writes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674484740
SKU
V9780674484740
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99-1
About Ralph Waldo Emerson
A. W. Plumstead is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. William H. Gilman is Professor of English at the University of Rochester.
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