The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871

by Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Bosco, Ronald A.; Myerson, Joel

• ISBN13: 9780820334707
• ISBN10: 0820334707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr

Summary

Drawing primarily from previously unpublished manuscripts in the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association Collection in the Houghton Library at Harvard University, recent editions of Emersonrs"s correspondence, journals and notebooks, sermons, and early lectures have provided authoritative texts that inspire readers to consider Emersonrs"s place in American culture afresh. The two-volumeLater Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18431871, presents the texts of forty-eight complete and unpublished lectures delivered during the crucial middle years of Emersonrs"s career. They offer his thoughts on New England and "Old World" history and culture, poetic theory, education, the history and uses of intellect-as well as his ideas on race relations and womenrs"s rights, subjects that sparked many debates. These final volumes contain some of Emersonrs"s most timelessly relevant work and are sure to engage and inform any reader interested in discovering one of our countryrs"s greatest intellectuals. The following sections, although appearing only in the volume designated, contain information that pertains to both volumes and are available on the University of Georgia Press website. Volume 1: 18431854 contains: Preface Works Frequently Cited Historical and Textual Introduction Volume 2: 18551871 contains: Manuscript Sources of Emersonrs"s Later Lectures in the Houghton Library of Harvard University Index to Works by Emerson General Index

Author Biography

Ronald A. Bosco is Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and general editor of The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature Emeritus at the University of South Carolina.