Essays: First Series E-book Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Genre: Literature
Emerson, Ralph Waldo(1803-1882) American poet, essayist, and promoter of
Transcendentalism who embodied the American faith in creative individualism.
Educated at Harvard, Emerson taught for a time, and was minister of the Old
North Church in Boston for three years before developing his own philosophy.
Essays: First Series (1841)
This collection contains the following twelve Emerson essays:
History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love,
Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect,
and Art.
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