Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Tel on March 30, 2009
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
American Essayist, Poet, and Transcendentalist
R. W. Emerson was an important 19th-century American poet and essayist, a transcendentalist, and an orator. His ideas had a strong influence on the development of American culture. He is famous for Nature, his first book. Henry David Thoreau became his follower and friend.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, the son of a minister, raised in Boston, Massachusetts.
Read more… Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bio and Works
Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
- Nature, 1836
- Essays, 1841
- Essays, 1844
- Poems, 1847
- Representative Men, 1850
- English Traits, 1856
- The Conduct of Life, 1860
- May Day and Other Pieces, 1867
- Society and Solitude, 1870
- Letters and Social Aims, 1876
- Natural History of intellect, 1893
