{"product_id":"essays-first-series-hardcover-by-ralph-waldo-emerson","title":"Essays: First Series Hardcover by Ralph Waldo Emerson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBelknap Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1980-03-04)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e424\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674139800\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSome of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s finest and most famous essays, such as “Self-Reliance,” “Compensation,” and “The Over-Soul,” appeared in his \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e of 1841, published when he was thirty-seven years old. Preceded by the slim volume \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, it was his first full-length book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present edition provides for the first time an authoritative text of the \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e, together with an introduction, notes, and supplementary material of great value for the study of Emerson’s creative processes. A list of hundreds of parallel passages in his earlier journals and lectures makes it possible to examine in detail how he drew upon those manuscripts (now published), especially the voluminous journals, as grist for the twelve essays. His subsequent alterations of the essays, particularly in the revised edition of 1847, give evidence of the evolution of his thought and style at this stage of his career. While the text incorporates his revisions, so as to represent his final intention, the earlier versions are given at the end of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Joseph Slater\u003cbr\u003eText Established by Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eThe late professor Joseph Slater was General Editor of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/i\u003e until 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlfred R. Ferguson (1915–1974) was Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Ferguson Carr is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, where she writes and teaches in composition, women’s studies, history of the book, literacy, and literary studies, focusing on nineteenth-century American constructions of literacy and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554188775585,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674139800","price":153.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674139800.jpg?v=1781758590","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/essays-first-series-hardcover-by-ralph-waldo-emerson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}