Ralph Waldo Emerson : Collected Poems and Translations (Library of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0940450283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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But the crowning moment of the collection comes when Emerson steeps himself in the poetry of Persian mystics. Of great interest also are his gentlemanly versions of Dante. . This welcome collection offers up poetic reiterations of Emerson's more popular essays, lyricizes Transcendentalism's celebration of the sublime in the human, and serves to re-open the case for Emerson as a poet. An introduction would have served readers well. The poems chart the growth of a uniquely American sensibility, from the impressionable boy who toyed romantically with verse to the eloquent man who witnessed with "joyful eye" the "genius of the whole." In his autobiographical laments, particularly "Threnody," one sees how painfully the deaths of Emerson's first wi
Includes poems hitherto available only in specialized scholarly versions, as well as revealing translations of mystical, sensuous Persian poems and of Dante's "Vita Nuova.". The most comprehensive collection ever assembled gathers every poem Emerson published during his lifetime along with the best of the unpublished verse from his manuscripts, journals, and notebooks to offer readers for the first time the full range of his astonishing poetry
Finest Quality MATT I now have several of these Library of America volumes and I love them. This one is no different. They are beautifully bound in various colors of fabric (uniform colored dust covers) with matching ribbon book mark. The binding is solid and durable. The pages are of a fine quality, print is a nice font. The collections within each volume are logical, complimen. Shalom Freedman said The poetry of mind is only sometimes soulful. The aphoristic, enigmatic, cryptic, verse of Emerson is collected here in its entirety. Much comes from his notebooks and journals. Emerson was criticized among others by Mathew Arnold for lacking ' the soul' of the poet. And it is true that the music of his verse is often a rough, awkward, intellectual one. And that what is memorable in it comes as a line he. "Very nicely done" according to W. Trosky. This whole series is very nicely done! I purchased the Very nicely done This whole series is very nicely done! I purchased the 3 Steinbeck books for myself and the Very nicely done W. Trosky This whole series is very nicely done! I purchased the 3 Steinbeck books for myself and the 4 Emerson books for my girlfriend.The presentation is very nice, the binding, the bookkmark ribbon, the print and paper quality. I'm an iPad/Kindle guy but it's nice to hold a real book of quality once in a while.. Emerson books for my girlfriend.The presentation is very nice, the binding, the bookkmark ribbon, the print and paper quality. I'm an iPad/Kindle guy but it's nice to hold a real book of quality once in a while.. Steinbeck books for myself and the Very nicely done W. Trosky This whole series is very nicely done! I purchased the 3 Steinbeck books for myself and the 4 Emerson books for my girlfriend.The presentation is very nice, the binding, the bookkmark ribbon, the print and paper quality. I'm an iPad/Kindle guy but it's nice to hold a real book of quality once in a while.. Emerson books for my girlfriend.The presentation is very nice, the binding, the bookkmark ribbon, the print and paper quality. I'm an iPad/Kindle guy but it's nice to hold a real book of quality once in a while.