The essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson; Brooks Atkinson; Mary Oliver
Language: English
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Publisher: Modern Library
Published: Aug 15, 2000
Description:
SUMMARY: The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar."As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual, emphasized independent thought, and prized "the splendid labyrinth of one's own perceptions." More than any writer of his time, he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson's essays "the most important work done in prose."