Representative men: seven lectures / Ralph Waldo Emerson; text established by Douglas Emory Wilson; introduction by Andrew Delbanco
1996, 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #356704
ISBN: 0674761057
Physical description: xiv, 174 pages; 24 cm. Contents: Uses of great men -- Plato, or the philosopher -- Plate: new readings -- Swedenborg, or the mystic -- Montaigne, or the skeptic -- Shakespeare, or the poet -- Napoleon, or the man of the world -- Goethe, or the writer. Sumnmary: In 1845 Ralph Waldo Emerson began a series of lectures and writings in which he limned six figures who embodied the principles and aspirations of a still-young American republic. Emerson offers timeless meditations on the value of individual greatness, reconnecting readers with the everyday virtues of his "Representative Men." Subjects: Biography. Languages & Literatures.
American Literature. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, -- 1749-1832. Montaigne, Michel de, -- 1533-1592. Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616.
Swedenborg, Emanuel, -- 1688-1772.
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