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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9392202 Title: Essays & lectures Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson; Joel Porte Publisher: New York : Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, ©1983. ISBN/ISSN: 0940450151 9780940450158 0521261171 9780521261173 OCLC:9392202

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Essays & lectures

Author:	Ralph Waldo Emerson; Joel Porte
Publisher:	New York : Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, ©1983.
Series:	Library of America.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.
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Subjects	American literature. Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle. Literature.
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Genre/Form:	Essays
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Ralph Waldo Emerson; Joel Porte Find more information about:
ISBN:	0940450151 9780940450158 0521261171 9780521261173
OCLC Number:	9392202
Notes:	Spine title: Essays and lectures. "Joel Porte wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--Leaf ff. title page.
Description:	1321 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Nature. Nature ; Commodity ; Beauty ; Language ; Discipline ; Idealism ; Spirit ; Prospects -- Addresses -- Lectures -- Essays, first series. History ; Self-reliance ; Compensation ; Spiritual Laws ; Love ; Friendship ; Prudence ; Heroism ; The Over-soul ; Circles ; Intellect ; Art -- Essays, second series. The poet ; Experience ; Character ; Manners ; Gifts ; Nature ; Politics ; Nominalist and realist ; New England reformers : lecture at Amory Hall -- Representative men. Uses of great men ; Plato, or, The philosopher ; Swedenborg, or, The mystic ; Montaigne, or, The skeptic ; Shakespeare, or, The poet ; Napoleon, or, The man of the world ; Goethe, or, The writer -- English traits. First visit to England ; Voyage to England ; Land ; Race ; Ability ; Manners ; Truth ; Character ; Cockayne ; Wealth ; Aristocracy ; Universities ; Religion ; Literature ; The "Times" ; Stonehenge ; Personal ; Result ; Speech at Manchester -- The conduct of life. Fate ; Power ; Wealth ; Culture ; Behavior ; Worship ; Considerations by the way ; Beauty ; Illusions -- Uncollected prose. The Lord's supper ; Dial essays.
Series Title:	Library of America.
Other Titles:	Essays and lectures. Nature. Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life. Prose works.
Responsibility:	Ralph Waldo Emerson.
More information:	Contributor biographical information

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The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.

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