Disseminating his genius through celebrated essays and the hundreds of public lectures he gave across the United States, Ralph Waldo Emerson led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century and was lionised as a champion of individualism and a staunch critic of the countervailing pressures of society. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Emerson’s life and works

* Detailed introduction to the life of Emerson

* Excellent formatting of the poems

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

* Hundreds of rare poems appearing here for the first time in digital publishing

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Includes Emerson’s letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence

* The complete prose works, with all the essays

* A generous selection of early, middle and late journals – appearing here for the first time in digital publishing

* Features two biographies – discover Emerson’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson

BRIEF INTRODUCTION: RALPH WALDO EMERSON

THE COMPLETE POEMS

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Books

NATURE: ADDRESSES AND LECTURES

ESSAYS. FIRST SERIES

ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES

REPRESENTATIVE MEN

MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI by R. F. Fuller

ENGLISH TRAITS

THE CONDUCT OF LIFE

SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE

LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS

LECTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

MISCELLANIES

NATURAL HISTORY OF INTELLECT AND OTHER PAPERS

The Essays

LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Letters

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The Journals

SELECTED JOURNALS

The Biographies

RALPH WALDO EMERSON by Oliver Wendell Holmes

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Edward W. Emerson

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