Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. His mandate, which called for harmony with, rather than domestication of, nature, and for a reliance on individual integrity, rather than on materialistic institutions, is echoed in many of the great American philosophical and literary works of his time and ours, and has given an impetus to modern political and social activism.
Larzer Ziff's introduction to this collection of fifteen of Emerson's most significant writings provides the important backdrop to the society in which Emerson lived during his formative years.
| ISBN: | 9780142437629 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2003 |
| Author: | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Larzer Ziff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 415 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Biographies & Autobiographies |
Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. His mandate, which called for harmony with, rather than domestication of, nature, and for a reliance on individual integrity, rather than on materialistic institutions, is echoed in many of the great American philosophical and literary works of his time and ours, and has given an impetus to modern political and social activism.
Larzer Ziff's introduction to this collection of fifteen of Emerson's most significant writings provides the important backdrop to the society in which Emerson lived during his formative years.
Nature and Selected Essays features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies
Nature and Selected Essays is available in Paperback
Nature and Selected Essays was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Larzer Ziff and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Nature and Selected Essays has 415 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
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