Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1910 • Houghton Mifflin
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- First published
- 1910
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Genres
- Philosophy · Poetry
- ISBN
- 9780670292738
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This volume belongs to the centenary edition of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a landmark publishing project undertaken by Houghton Mifflin in the early twentieth century. Released roughly a century after the transcendentalist philosopher's birth, the edition was intended to solidify Emerson's place in the American literary canon by providing a comprehensive, authoritative collection of his essays, journals, and correspondence.
The editorial work was guided by Edward Waldo Emerson, the author's son, who sought to curate a definitive version of his father's intellectual output. The design reflected the sober, academic aesthetic popular in high-end collections of the period, featuring high-quality paper and scholarly annotations that aimed to provide historical context for the essays, ensuring the series became a standard reference for students and scholars alike.
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