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From: Reference & Research Book News
Date: 20060501
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9780820327334
The selected lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Ed. by Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson.
Univ. of Georgia Press
2005
379 pages
$24.95
Paperback
PS1616
Emerson (1803-82) is known more as an essayist than a lecturer, but in fact he earned his living lecturing for long periods in his life. Here are 25 lectures delivered between 1833 and 1871. Among his topics are ethics, genius, the spirit of the times, the Anglo-American, reform, perpetual forces, and the rule of life.
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