Essayist, lecturer, poet, and America's first "public intellectual", Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is the central figure in nineteenth-century American letters and the leader (albeit reluctantly) of the Transcendental group. This collection contains a range of prose and poetry representing some of Emerson's central concerns.
Essayist, lecturer, poet, and America's first "public intellectual", Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is the central figure in nineteenth-century Ameri...
