Publisher's Synopsis
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
He is today seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.
Collected here in one convenient volume is Ralph Waldo Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays.
The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature.
Essays - First Series
1. History
2. Self-Reliance
3. Compensation
4. Spiritual Laws
5. Love
6. Friendship
7. Prudence
8. Heroism
9. The Over-Soul
10. Circles
11. Intellect
12. Art
Essays - Second Series
1. The Poet
2. Experience
3. Character
4. Manners
5. Gifts
6. Nature
7. Politics
8. Nominalist and Realist
9. New England Reformers
