History

by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles William Eliot (Editor)

Overview

"History," first published in Essays (First Series) in 1841, is widely considered to be a corollary thesis to the definitive statement of Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy of individualism, "Self-Reliance". The essay is a fabric woven of many threads, from a journal entry written as early as 1832 to material first delivered in lectures between 1836 and 1839. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s first series of essays grew out of the public lectures he gave after resigning as pastor of the Second Church of Boston. Though a great number of parallels exist between the essays, “Self- Reliance” and “History”, there is no intended coherence in the volume as a whole.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013322295
Publisher:	Tempus Fugit Publishing
Publication date:	09/27/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	39 KB

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.