The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

<b>Introduction by Mary Oliver</b><br> <b>Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau</b> <p/> The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, <i>The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson</i> chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar." As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual, emphasized independent thought, and prized "the splendid labyrinth of one's own perceptions." More than any writer of his time, he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson's essays "the most important work done in prose." <p/> INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ralph Waldo Emerson<br><b>Publisher:</b> Modern Library<br><b>Published:</b> 09/12/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 880<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.36lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.03h x 5.10w x 1.85d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780679783220<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, <b>Mary Oliver</b> is the author of <i>The Leaf and the Cloud, West Wind, </i>and <i>A Poetry Handbook, </i>among others. Over the past two decades she has taught at various colleges and universities--Case Western Reserve, Bucknell, Sweet Briar College, the University of Cincinnati, and Bennington College