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The final volume of the Harvard edition presents the journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s last years. In them, he reacts to the changing America of the post–Civil War years, commenting on Reconstruction, immigration, protectionism in trade, and the dangers of huge fortunes in few hands—as well as on baseball and the possibilities of air travel. His role as a Harvard Overseer evokes his thoughts on education during crucial years of reform in American universities.His travels take him to Europe for the third time, and for the first time he encounters the new garden of California and the enigma of Egypt. He continues to lecture, and a second volume of poems and two more collections of essays, culled from his manuscripts, are published. Finally, his late journals show Emerson confronting his loss of creative vigor, husbanding his powers, and maintaining his equanimity in the face of decline.This concluding volume thus gives a complex picture of Emerson in his last sixteen years, facing old age but still the advocate of “newness” throughout the world.
Ronald A. Bosco, Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is General Editor of the Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Glen M. Johnson is Professor of English, The Catholic University of America.
FOREWORD TO VOLUME XVI The Journals: 1866-1882 Chronology Symbols and Abbreviations PART ONE The Texts of the Journals LN NY ST PART TWO The Texts of the Miscellaneous Notebooks Books Large Pocket Diary 17 Pocket Diary 18 Pocket Diary 19 Pocket Diary 20 Pocket Diary 21 Pocket Diary 22 Pocket Diary 23 Pocket Diary 24 Pocket Diary 25 Pocket Diary 26 Pocket Diary 27 Pocket Diary 28 Pocket Diary 29 Pocket Diary 30 Pocket Diary 31 Appendix I Journals and Notebooks in the Harvard Edition Appendix II Author and Title Entries in Notebook Books Large Textual Notes Index
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