Emerson's Essays Contributor(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Author) |
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ISBN: 143850912X ISBN-13: 9781438509129 Publisher: Book Jungle
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2009 Annotation: Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th century American essayist, poet and leader in the transcendentalist movement. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s. Emerson published his first essay, Nature in 1836. After writing this essay Emerson gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes called America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence." Some of his more well-known essays include Nature, Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul, The Poet, Experience, and The American Scholar. |
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BISAC Categories: - History - Non-classifiable - Philosophy | Movements - Transcendentalism |
Age Level: 14-NA |
Grade Level: 9-NA |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" L (0.98 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th century American essayist, poet and leader in the transcendentalist movement. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s. Emerson published his first essay, Nature in 1836. After writing this essay Emerson gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes called America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Some of his more well-known essays include Nature, Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul, The Poet, Experience, and The American Scholar. |
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