The Library of America

A companion to "Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings, " this volume brings together nine short stories and four novels by the author.

A selection of writings on the culture and traditions of African-Americans, discussing folklore, religion, and the author's personal experiences.

Contains an annotated edition of American writer and thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1832-60 prose works including "Nature, Addresses, and Lectures," "Essays: First Series," "Essays: Second Series," "Representative Men," "English Traits," and "The Conduct of Life.".

A two volume anthology that includes newly researched biographical sketches of each poet, a year-by-year chronology of poets and poetry from 1800-1900, and extensive notes.