The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1866-82 v. 16 (Journals & Miscellaneous Notebooks, 1866-1882): Volume XVI (Ralph Waldo Emerson) - Hardcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674484797 ISBN 13: 9780674484795

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1982

Synopsis

The final volume of the Harvard edition presents the journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s last years. In them, he reacts to the changing America of the post–Civil War years, commenting on Reconstruction, immigration, protectionism in trade, and the dangers of huge fortunes in few hands―as well as on baseball and the possibilities of air travel. His role as a Harvard Overseer evokes his thoughts on education during crucial years of reform in American universities.

His travels take him to Europe for the third time, and for the first time he encounters the new garden of California and the enigma of Egypt. He continues to lecture, and a second volume of poems and two more collections of essays, culled from his manuscripts, are published. Finally, his late journals show Emerson confronting his loss of creative vigor, husbanding his powers, and maintaining his equanimity in the face of decline.

This concluding volume thus gives a complex picture of Emerson in his last sixteen years, facing old age but still the advocate of “newness” throughout the world.

About this title

About the Authors

Ronald A. Bosco, Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is General Editor of the Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Glen M. Johnson is Professor of English, The Catholic University of America.

From the Back Cover

The final volume of the Harvard edition presents the journals of Emerson's last years. In them he reacts to the changing America of the post-Civil War years, commenting on Reconstruction, immigration, protectionism in trade, and the dangers of huge fortunes in few hands--as well as on baseball and the possibilities of air travel. His role as a Harvard Overseer evokes his thoughts on education during crucial years of reform in American universities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674484797
• ISBN 13: 9780674484795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1982