The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James,Robert FrostMatthew ArnoldOliver Wendell Holmesand Henry David Thoreau The definitive collection of EmersonΓÇÖs major speechesessaysand poetryThe Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the lifeΓÇÖs work of a true ΓÇ£American Scholar.ΓÇ¥ As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movementEmerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individualemphasized independent thoughtand prized ΓÇ£the splendid labyrinth of oneΓÇÖs own perceptions.ΓÇ¥ More than any writer of his timehe forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called EmersonΓÇÖs essays ΓÇ£the most important work done in prose.ΓÇ¥ INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE