Celebrated Translations -- The Complete Essays of Emerson (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: (American) Emerson
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The Complete Essays of Emerson is the crystallization of Emerson's lifelong writing and thinking. The renowned British writer Arnold called him the creator of the most important works of the 19th century in prose. For over a century, these outstanding essays, such as Self-Reliance and Compensation, have become household names. Emerson was a famous American thinker, essayist, and poet, revered as the pioneer of the modern "American Renaissance." He held a significant position in the intellectual, cultural, and literary history of 19th-century America and had a profound influence on American national literature. Writers of his time, such as Thoreau and Whitman, as well as later figures like Emily Dickinson and Frost, were all deeply influenced by him. Emerson's poetry and essays are distinctive, emphasizing intellectual content, with a style akin to aphorisms—profound yet accessible, persuasive and compelling. Thus, he was often described as "seemingly writing nothing but maxims."