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Emerson in His Journals (Paperback, Revised)
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Emerson in His Journals (Paperback, Revised)
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This long-awaited volume offers the general reader the heart of
Emerson's journals, that extraordinary series of diaries and
notebooks in which he poured out his thoughts for more than fifty
years, beginning with the "luckless ragamuffin ideas" of his
college days. Emerson as revealed in his journals is more
spontaneous, more complex, more human and appealing than he appears
in the published works. This man is the seeker rather than the
sage; he records the turmoil, struggle, and questioning that
preceded the serene and confident affirmations of the essays. He is
honest, earthy, tough-minded, self-critical ("I am a lover of
indolence, & of the belly"), warm in his enthusiasms, a witty
and sharp observer of people and events. Everything is grist for
his mill: personal experiences, his omnivorous reading, ruminations
on matters large and small, his doubts and perplexities, public
issues and local gossip. There are abrupt shifts in subject and
tone, reflecting the variousness of his moods and the restless
energy of his mind. Drawing from Harvard's sixteen-volume scholarly
edition of the journals-but omitting the textual apparatus that
makes it hard to read-Joel Porte presents a sympathetic selection
that brings us close to Emerson the man.
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