The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)21 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Modern Library, 2000

Eye Opening Essays

+ Excellent essays, but poorly edited
+ One of the absolute classics

If the words of Whitman do not prompt one to at least explore the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson, nothing I say will be able to (or should). I suppose though many readers have merely seen Emerson's name after a famous quote or heard it mentioned by others and are curious about what he wrote. The ...
  
  











  



  
Society and Solitude1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fredonia Books (NL), 2001

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.
  
  











  



  
Emerson's Antislavery Writings
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yale University Press, 2002

This book presents the first comprehensive and authoritative collection of Emerson's writings against slavery and the subjugation of American Indians-writings that reveal Emerson's deep commitment to social reform. Included are speeches and lectures that have never before been published or collected in any other edition of Emerson's writings.
  
  











  



  
English Traits1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

University Press of the Pacific, 2002

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.
  
  











  



  
Nature and Walking (The Concord Library)3 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beacon Press, 1994

a true example of American naturalism at its finest

+ splendid little edition
+ Take the walking, leave the nature

John Elder is a genius! The spirituality of Emerson's "Nature" is a perfect compliment to the deep philosophical naturalism of Thoreau's work. It just came in the mail an hour or so and i can't put it down! I'm going to reccomend it to all of my friends.
  
  











  



  
The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson8 reviews
Richard Geldard

Lindisfarne Books, 2001

an american spiritual treasure

+ What an inspiration
+ "Some Books Make Us Free"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
+ From Emerson to Now
  
  











  



  
Education: An Essay and Other Selections1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

University Press of the Pacific, 2003

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.
  
  











  



  
Essays & Poems Emerson (Everyman's Library (Paper))1 review

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995

Mighty thoughts that can shake your life!

This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I know that many people don't like to read essays of any kind, but all I can say is that Ralph Waldo Emerson is simply different! Nobody has the gift to write essays and analyze life like him. His words and ideas are so powerful and deep that we ...
  
  











  



  
Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / ...14 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Library of America, 1983

The Most American Book of the Collection

+ Wonderful
+ A complete work of art
+ Poverty with Dignity
+ The philosopher of America
  
  











  



  
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Realist: Essays of Resignation and Renewal
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Matt Berry

Mechanist Books, 2002

We already know Emerson. He is the American transcendentalist. An Idealist. He proposed an egocentrism that threatens our moral heritage. He is that proponent of self-reliance who fell just short of the achievement known as Henry David Thoreau. And let us not neglect his compulsory five minutes in our university education -- no doubt in American History 101, not Literature. It is ...
  
  











  



  
Essays: First and Second Series (Library of America)3 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Vintage, 1990

Mighty thoughts that can shake your life!

+ Prophetic!
+ Pure BUTTER...

This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I know that many people don't like to read essays of any kind, but all I can say is that Ralph Waldo Emerson is simply different! Nobody has the gift to write essays and analyze life like him. His words and ideas are so powerful and deep that we ...
  
  











  



  
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star

Columbia University Press, 1996

Possibly the most quoted man in American letters, Emerson is represented in most general quote books but this is the first devoted to Emerson alone. Here are 750 quotes arranged by subject so that readers can easily locate the ideas that interest and inspire them.
  
  











  



  
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)21 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Modern Library, 2000

Eye Opening Essays

+ Excellent essays, but poorly edited
+ One of the absolute classics

If the words of Whitman do not prompt one to at least explore the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson, nothing I say will be able to (or should). I suppose though many readers have merely seen Emerson's name after a famous quote or heard it mentioned by others and are curious about what he wrote. The ...
  
  











  



  
Essays: First and Second Series (Library of America)3 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Vintage, 1990

Mighty thoughts that can shake your life!

+ Prophetic!
+ Pure BUTTER...

This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I know that many people don't like to read essays of any kind, but all I can say is that Ralph Waldo Emerson is simply different! Nobody has the gift to write essays and analyze life like him. His words and ideas are so powerful and deep that we ...
  
  











  



  
The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson8 reviews
Richard Geldard

Lindisfarne Books, 2001

an american spiritual treasure

+ What an inspiration
+ "Some Books Make Us Free"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
+ From Emerson to Now
  
  











  



  
Essays & Poems Emerson (Everyman's Library (Paper))1 review

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995

Mighty thoughts that can shake your life!

This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I know that many people don't like to read essays of any kind, but all I can say is that Ralph Waldo Emerson is simply different! Nobody has the gift to write essays and analyze life like him. His words and ideas are so powerful and deep that we ...
  
  











  



  
Education: An Essay and Other Selections1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

University Press of the Pacific, 2003

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.
  
  











  



  
Nature and Walking (The Concord Library)3 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beacon Press, 1994

a true example of American naturalism at its finest

+ splendid little edition
+ Take the walking, leave the nature

John Elder is a genius! The spirituality of Emerson's "Nature" is a perfect compliment to the deep philosophical naturalism of Thoreau's work. It just came in the mail an hour or so and i can't put it down! I'm going to reccomend it to all of my friends.
  
  











  



  
English Traits1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

University Press of the Pacific, 2002

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.
  
  











  



  
Society and Solitude1 review
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fredonia Books (NL), 2001

Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.