Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume I: 1833–1836

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ISBN 9780674221505

Publication Date: 01/01/1959

575 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 halftones

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Introduction
1. Science
- 1. The Uses of Natural History
- 2. On the Relation of Man to the Globe
- 3. Water
- 4. The Naturalist
2. Italy [Excerpts]
3. Biography
- 1. [Introduction]
- 2. Michel Angelo
- 3. Martin Luther
- 4. John Milton
- 5. George Fox
- 6. Edmund Burke
4. English Literature: “On the Best Mode of Inspiring a Correct Taste in English Literature”
- 1. English Literature: Introductory
- 2. Permanent Traits of the English National Genius
- 3. The Age of Fable
- 4. Chaucer
- 5. Shakspear [First Lecture]
- 6. Shakspear [Second Lecture]
- 7. Lord Bacon
- 8. Ben Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Wotton
- 9. Ethical Writers
- 10. Modern Aspects of Letters
Bibliography of Principal Sources
Textual Notes and Variant Passages
Index

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