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| For the first time, the extensive personal journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) are here made available in digital format, having been scanned and edited by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute and presented in eBook Acrobat Reader files. This edition, edited by Richard Geldard, PhD, was first published in 1904-14 in ten volumes, comprising over 5,000 pages of material and edited by Emerson's son Edward. The journals cover most of Emerson's life, from 1820, when he was only 16 to 1876, when, at age 73, he stopped writing in his journal. The journals contain his personal views and much of the material found in his essays and lectures as initial notes and observations. The journals are a rich and varied history of the life and thought of America's Founding Thinker. |
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These are the journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) in PDF Acrobat Reader format. They derive from the 1904-14 edition of the Journals edited by Emerson's son Edward and form 5000 pages of material. Volume 5 (1838-1941) contains the full range of Emerson's creativity. The volume is full of entries that would later appear in his major essays and lectures. In his personal life in Concord, these years are full of close friendships - Alcott, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Jones Very, Ellery Channing and Hawthorne. This period also celebrates the life of Emerson's son Waldo Junior, who brought great joy to the household. From the Publisher:
The Digital Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson is an archive provided by The Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute and www.rwe.org for the use and convenience of interested students of the life and works of America’s Founding Thinker, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The source of these digital Journals is the ten-volume Edward Emerson edition, originally published in Boston from 1904 through 1914, and comprising over 5,000 pages of material.
The main advantages of the Digital Journal Archive over the printed volumes are the search and read aloud features available in Acrobat Reader. Users can find names, dates, places, and, most important, words and ideas in a relative instant. Emerson used his journals as his “savings bank,” as he called them, to record and then use thoughts and insights for later use in essays, lectures and sermons. Therefore, the journals hide the seed of an entire essay, but they also reveal more private thoughts and personal observations which never found their way into the Complete Works. In all, the Journals are a fascinating and valuable record of a lifetime of inspiration and insight. - Richard G Geldard, PhD,
- General Editor, Digital Archive
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