The Best Read Naturalist"
Author | : Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2017-02-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0813939534 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in American nature writing, yet until now readers have had no book devoted to this central theme in his work. "The Best Read Naturalist" fills this lacuna, placing several of Emerson’s lesser-known pieces of nature writing in conversation with his canonical essays. Organized chronologically, the thirteen selections—made up of sermons, lectures, addresses, and essays—reveal an engagement with natural history that spanned Emerson’s career. As we watch him grapple with what he called the "book of nature," a more environmentally connected thinker emerges—a "green" Emerson deeply concerned with the physical world and fascinated with the ability of science to reveal a correspondence between the order of nature and that of the mind. "The Best Read Naturalist" illuminates the vital influence that the study of natural history had on the development of Emerson’s mature philosophy.
Nature, Addresses, and Lectures
Author | : Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : American essays |
ISBN | : 9780674139701 |
Addresses and Lectures
Author | : Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | : Tredition Classics |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2013-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783849561604 |
Join Huck and Jim as they journey down the Mississippi in this beloved companion to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer "and a standalone classic in its own right, with a fresh new cover and interior illustrations. "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"; but that ain't no matter," declares Huck at the start of one of the greatest books in American literature. Filled with all the humor, suspense, and sheer excitement of its predecessor, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"--a nostalgic portrayal of a world Mark Twain knew intimately--tells the moving story of a boy who must make his own way in an often cruel society that counts it a sin to help a runaway slave. This edition includes a modern cover and new illustrations from Iacopo Bruno. This new look coincides with a new edition of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer "and the publication of "The Absolutely Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher."
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Collected Poems & Translations (LOA #70)
Author | : Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | : Library of America Ralph Waldo |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : |
Contains Emerson's published poetry, plus selections of his unpublished poetry from journals and notebooks, and some of his translations of poetry from other languages, notably Dante's La vita nuova.
Concerning the Nature of Things
Author | : William Bragg |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486495743 |
Developed from a Nobel Laureate's popular lectures at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, this easy-to-understand book explains the nature of atoms, metal, gases, diamonds, ice, crystals, liquids, and other aspects of science. It illuminates many topics that are seldom explained, defining them in simple terms. 138 illustrations. 1925 edition.