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

by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author)

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 Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays.

The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature.

Essays - First Series

1. History

2. Self-Reliance

3. Compensation

4. Spiritual Laws

5. Love

6. Friendship

7. Prudence

8. Heroism

9. The Over-Soul

10. Circles

11. Intellect

12. Art

Essays - Second Series

1. The Poet

2. Experience

3. Character

4. Manners

5. Gifts

6. Nature

7. Politics

8. Nominalist and Realist

9. New England Reformers