English Traits - Softcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1140511157 ISBN 13: 9781140511151

Publisher: BiblioLife, 2010

Synopsis

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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Review

'A book all full of thoughts like winged arrows.' --Thomas Carlyle

'Seldom had any traveler made so wise an appraisal of the character of a nation.' --Ralph Rusk, 'Life of Emerson'

'This book - part-travelogue, part-ethnography, part-journalism, part-reflective essay- is something of an anomaly in Emerson's oeuvre, and one of his most accessible, relaxed, attractive performances.' --Phillip Lopate

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading proponent of the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. He was ordained as a Unitarian minister at Harvard Divinity School but served for only three years before developing his own spiritual philosophy based on individualism and intuition. His essay Nature" is arguably his best-known work and was both groundbreaking and highly controversial when it was first published. Emerson also wrote poetry and lectured widely across the US.

Edition details

• Publisher: BiblioLife
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1140511157
• ISBN 13: 9781140511151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238