Publisher's Synopsis
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays & correspondence and more than 1,500 public lectures and speeches across the United States. This volume of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays & Poems encompasses a number of subjects, never espousing fixed philosophical tenets, but developing certain ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability of humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world. Whether derived from an Emerson speech, lecture, essay, or correspondence, this volume of Ralph Waldo Emerson's work is an invaluable literature compilation.
