The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The twelfth volume makes available nine of Emerson's lecture notebooks, covering a span of twenty-seven years, from 1835 to 1862, from apprenticeship to fame. These notebooks contain materials Emerson collected for the composition of his lectures, articles, and essays during those years.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 1976
- ISBN-13
- 9780674484757
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's lifeAmerican transcendentalism19th-century lecture and literary career
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1950)
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