First We Read, Then We Write
by Robert D. Richardson
2020-11-20 15:36:54
First We Read, Then We Write
by Robert D. Richardson
2020-11-20 15:36:54
Writing was the central passion of Emersonâs life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in âThe Poet,â âThe American Scholar,â Nature, âGoethe,â and âPersian Poetry,â less well known are the ...
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Writing was the central passion of Emersonâs life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in âThe Poet,â âThe American Scholar,â Nature, âGoethe,â and âPersian Poetry,â less well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first time, is the Concord Sageâs energetic, exuberant, and unconventional advice on the idea of writing, focused and distilled by the preeminent Emerson biographer at work today.
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