Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Early Lectures: 1838-1842
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674221529
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In July 1839 Emerson wrote in his journal: "A lecture is a new literature...only then is the orator successful when he is himself agitated & is as much a hearer as any of the assembly. In that office you may & shall...yet see the electricity part from the cloud & shine from one part of heaven to the other." In this final volume of the early lectures we see the mature lecturer, directing himself toward that eloquence to which he aspired and finding a new vocation. With these lectures--ten from the series "Human Life," nine from the series "The Present Age," the "Address to the People of East Lexington," and two surviving lectures from the series "The Times"--Emerson produced virtually all his earned income from 1838-1842. The volume includes a biographical and critical introduction. A comprehensive index has been carefully prepared for the three volumes.
Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1838-1842
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonEarly Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson Volume 3 1838-1842
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonEarly Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 3. 1838-1842. THE EARLY LECTURES OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON, VOLUME III
Author: 1838-1842
Author: Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1836-1838
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674221512
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The notable link between Ralph Waldo Emerson's journals and his essays is formed by the lectures that reflected his developing views on issues of his time. This second volume of a welcome edition of the early lectures follows the earlier experimental series of lectures and presents the works of Emerson the now professional lecturer who revealed to his audience central ideas and themes which later crystallized into Essays, First Series. "The Philosophy of History," a series of 12 lectures, explores the nature of man in his society, past and present, and singles out the individual as the center of society and history. A second series of 10 lectures on "Human Culture" begins with the duty and the right of the individual to cultivate his powers and proceeds to consider various means by which this cultivation can be accomplished. The occasional "Address on Education," which Emerson delivered between these two series, may be seen as a link between them. Of the twenty-three lectures in this volume, only three have been previously published. The lectures have been reproduced from Emerson's manuscripts, approximating as nearly as possible the original version read by the author to his audience.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson