Download or read book Emerson and the Art of the Diary written by Lawrence Alan Rosenwald and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extended literary description and analysis of Emerson's journals, which argues that these works constitute one of the greatest commentaries on 19th century America, realizing Emerson's standards of literary excellence more fully than his other writings.