Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe editorial information does not dwarf the work being edited, or make the book unwieldy. This volume of the new
Works will serve all needs, from those of the mythical 'general reader' to the most serious Emerson scholar. * American Literature *
This, the first volume in what will unquestionably be the definitive edition of Emerson's collected works, includes such major essays as 'Nature,' 'The American Scholar,' and 'The Divinity School Address'…Spiller and Ferguson have produced a 'critical' and unmodernized text as close to Emerson's original intent as modern bibliographical research can come. * Library Journal *
This volume presents the most definitive, critical, and unmodernized text of Emerson's major published writings from the years 1836-42. * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction The Text 1. Nature Editors' Note Introduction Chapter I: Nature Chapter II: Commodity Chapter III: Beauty Chapter IV: Language Chapter V: Discipline Chapter VI: Idealism Chapter VII: Spirit Chapter VIII: Prospects 2. Addresses The American Scholar The Divinity School Address Literary Ethics,br> The Method of Nature 3. Lectures Man the Reformer Lectures on the Times Introductory Lecture,br> The Conservative The Transcendentalist The Young American Notes Parallel Passages Textual Apparatus Hyphenations Alterations in Copy--Text and Rejected Variants Index
