The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Collects Emerson''s well-known speeches, essays, and poetry that expressed the scholar''s philosophy in transcendentalism and defined the American identity. 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."

• | Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Brooks Atkinson
• | Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 12, 2000
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780679783220
• | ISBN-10: 0679783229