Representative Men: Seven Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1996

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers scuffed and slightly creased; moderate edge wear****We ship most books within 24 hours****Customer satisfaction 100% guaranteed****Over 22 years of experience in the book selling community

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1996-02-01. paperback. Good. 6x0x9.

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, February 1996. Paper Back . Very Good.

Harvard University Press, 1996. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Paperback / softback. New. As Judith Shklar has pointed out, Emerson built Representative Men around the principle of `rotation,' which had become a political axiom in Jacksonian America-the idea that no man, no matter how imposing, should be accorded permanent authority. Representative Men honors the language of democracy in its very title.

Belknap Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 174 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches.

London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 174 pages; 24 cm. Contents: Uses of great men -- Plato, or the philosopher -- Plate: new readings -- Swedenborg, or the mystic -- Montaigne, or the skeptic -- Shakespeare, or the poet -- Napoleon, or the man of the world -- Goethe, or the writer. Sumnmary: In 1845 Ralph Waldo Emerson began a series of lectures and writings in which he limned six figures who embodied the principles and aspirations of a still-young American republic. Emerson offers timeless meditations on the value of individual greatness, reconnecting readers with the everyday virtues of his ""Representative Men."" Subjects: Biography. Languages & Literatures.American Literature. Goethe, Johann… Read More

Belknap Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 174 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches.