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Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
其他書名
The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes)
出版
Cosimo, Inc.
, 2010-01-01
主題
Literary Collections / General
Philosophy / General
ISBN
1616400617
9781616400613
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BhN_hGlieekC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume V features two collections from American poet and philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics as "The American Scholar," "Self-Reliance," "Friendship," "Heroism," and more-and English Traits, in which he examines the British character as gathered from his travels in England.