1966 The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson In Six Volumes

Description

Illustrated, Original Source, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition of the work.

In publisher's original cloth bindings. Includes gilt to top fore edges.

With facsimile pages of letter as frontispieces in each volume. Collated, complete.

This six volume set holds the letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson dating from 1813 to 1881.

Emerson was a significant American essayist, lecturer and poet who led the New England Transcendentalism movement, which emphasized individual spirit growth, the importance of intuition and the inherent goodness of people and nature.

Emerson rooted his philosophy in a search for a direct experience of God, advocating for the ability to transcend the the material world.

His most famous works such as 'Nature' and 'Essays' focused on self expression, self-reliance, and connecting with the divine, challenging traditional institutions by encouraging trust in one's own moral compass.