The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18431871

Drawing primarily from previously unpublished manuscripts in the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association Collection in the Houghton Library at Harvard University, recent editions of Emersons correspondence, journals and notebooks, sermons, and early lectures have provided authoritative texts that inspire readers to consider Emersons place in American culture afresh. The two-volume Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18431871, presents the texts of forty-eight complete and unpublished lectures delivered during the crucial middle years of Emersons career. They offer his thoughts on New England and Old World history and culture, poetic theory, education, the history and uses of intellectas well as his ideas on race relations and womens rights, subjects that sparked many debates. These final volumes contain some of Emersons most timelessly relevant work and are sure to engage and inform any reader interested in discovering one of our countrys greatest intellectuals. The following sections, although appearing only in the volume designated, contain information that pertains to both volumes and are available on the University of Georgia Press website. Volume 1: 18431854 contains: Preface Works Frequently Cited Historical and Textual Introduction Volume 2: 18551871 contains: Manuscript Sources of Emersons Later Lectures in the Houghton Library of Harvard University Index to Works by Emerson General Index