This volume contains Emerson's most consequential essays, including "Self-Reliance," "Politics," and "Experience." The introduction by Harold Bloom explains Emerson's unrivaled status as America's foremost philosopher.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

A collection of eight most notable essays from the father of American transcendentalism, essays included in this collection are: Nature 1836The American Scholar 1837History (Essays, First Series) 1841Self-Reliance (Essays, First…

Nature is a book-length essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In the essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief…

Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of…

The essays in this book, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures on The Conduct of Life delivered by Emerson during the early 1850s. The published…

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This book contains the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson in extracts from his prose and verse. Compiled by William Belmont Parker, this book showcases Emerson's philosophy about nature, society, and…