Self-Reliance and Nature: The Complete First and Second Series of Emerson's Essays

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 Emersons First Series and Second Series of essays. The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature.Essays - First SeriesHistorySelf-RelianceCompensationSpiritual LawsLoveFriendshipPrudenceHeroismThe Over-SoulCirclesIntellectArtEssays - Second SeriesThe PoetExperienceCharacterMannersGiftsNaturePoliticsNominalist and RealistNew England Reformers