{"product_id":"the-essential-writings-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-9780679783220","title":"The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Mary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCommentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.10w x 1.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679783220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Leaf and the Cloud, West Wind, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Poetry Handbook, \u003c\/i\u003eamong 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 in Vermont. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Hobe Sound, Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39823822127219,"sku":"9780679783220","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bc8aab20-41c9-4492-8816-aad176047531.jpg?v=1644533566","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-essential-writings-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-9780679783220","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}