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Poetry and Imagination: the Collected Poems of Emerson

Compiled By Huang Zongying

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American transcendentalist thinker, essayist, and poet in the 19th century. He believes that poets are "seers", "speakers", "prophets" and "language creators", and are representative people. Only poets can depict nature and reveal the truth. Therefore, he is known as the "poet-philosopher". This book is launched to commemorate the 220th anniversary of Emerson's birth (May 25, 2023) and further promote the research on Emerson's poetry creation and poetic theory at home and abroad. It is the first Chinese translation of an anthology of Emerson's poetry in China. A total of 192 poems by Emerson are included, including Poems (1847), May-Day And Other Pieces (1867) and Selected Poems (1867) published during his lifetime. Poems, 1876) and more than 30 poems that have not been included in these collections; the genres include long poems, lyric poems, volume poems, aphorisms, elegy, etc.; The themes include nature, love, spiritual laws, politics, the role of poets, poetic language, and poetry creation itself.