The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume III, Essays: Second Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Introduction and notes by Joseph Slater

Text established by Alfred R. Ferguson

Text established by Jean Ferguson Carr

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Historical Introduction

Statement of Editorial Principles

Textual Introduction

ESSAYS: SECOND SERIES

1. The Poet

2. Experience

3. Character

4. Manners

5. Gifts

6. Nature

7. Politics

8. Nominalist and Realist

9. New England Reformers: Lecture at Amory Hall

Notes

Textual Apparatus

Parallel Passages

Appendixes

Index

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The late professor Joseph Slater was general editor of The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson until 1996.

Alfred R. Ferguson was, until his death, Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.