Synopsis
(from back cover)
This definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar".
As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual emphasize independent thought, and prized "the splendid labyrinth of one's own perceptions." More than any writer of his time, he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson's essays "the most important work done in prose".
(GOHD side note: Gohd Books likes Emerson's works because they are easy to read, without the complicated newfangled terminology of the past 50 years or so. Also, although he writes about America, or as an American, his writings are usually universal.)
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