The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men: seven lecturesBelknap Press, 1987 - Počet stran: 501 In 1845 Emerson delivered a series of lectures entitled "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; and Goethe, or the Writer." Emerson's approach to his great men stands in interesting contrast to that of his friend Carlyle in his Heroes and Hero Worship of 1841. Although by 1845 Emerson had been lecturing for over ten years, Representative Men, published in 1850, was the first of his works to consist of his lectures as delivered, with only minima revision and expansion. The book retains the immediacy of the spoken word, and the freedom and daring inspired by a live audience. This critical edition is based on Emerson's holograph manuscript, which served as printer's copy for the first American edition, collated with subsequent editions and with Emerson's own corrections. The historical introduction relates the book to Emerson's life and times and discusses its literary origins, composition, and contemporary reception. A textual introduction and apparatus have been provided by the textual editor, and there are full informational notes. The volume has been awarded the seal of the Center for Scholarly Editions Joseph Slater, General Editor |
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... intellectual bril- liance of London , which received him with a gracious and gener- ous curiosity and admiration ... intellectuals generally gave little insight or stimulation on either Swedenborg or Plato . Emerson recorded in March ...
... intellectual illustration . These thoughts in sparkles of light had appeared often to pious and to poetic souls , but this well - bred all - knowing Greek geom- eter comes with command , gathers them all up into rank and gradation , the ...
... intellectual beings , we feel the air purified by the electric shock , when material force is overthrown by intellectual energies . As soon as we are removed out of the reach of local and accidental partialities , man feels that ...
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Historical Introduction | xi |
Statement of Editorial Principles | lxvi |
New Readings | 45 |
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