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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This collection of essays, published in 1856, grew out of Emerson’s travels in England, undertaken shortly after he resigned his ministry following a loss of faith. An insightful survey of English history and manners, English Traits also features accounts of Emerson’s meetings with such luminaries as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Carlyle.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist and poet. Along with such figures as Henry Thoreau and Margaret Fuller, he was an originator and, through the magazine The Dial, popularizer of the Transcendentalist movement. In essays like ‘Self-Reliance, ‘ he championed a distinctly American brand of individualism.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 424 ● ISBN 9781411435780 ● Dimensione 0.3 MB ● Età 99-17 anni ● Casa editrice Barnes & Noble ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5862563 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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