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Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.
Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground-breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Considered one of the great orators of the time, Emerson's enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. His support for abolitionism late in life created controversy, and at times he was subject to abuse from crowds while speaking on the topic. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man."
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Essays
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Representative men: seven lectures
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Poems
51 editions - first published in 1847 Read -
The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essays, first series
25 editions - first published in 1876 Read -
Nature, addresses, and lectures
20 editions - first published in 1849 Read -
Letters and social aims
20 editions - first published in 1876 Read -
Lectures and biographical sketches
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Emerson
16 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
Miscellanies: embracing Nature, addresses, and lectures
16 editions - first published in 1856 Read -
The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
16 editions - first published in 1873 Read -
Journals
14 editions - first published in 1914 Borrow -
Journals Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
13 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
Emerson's complete works
11 editions - first published in 1883 Read -
May-day, and other pieces
10 editions - first published in 1867 Read -
Friendship
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Selected writings
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Uncollected writings: essays, addresses, poems, reviews and letters
9 editions - first published in 1912 Read -
Complete works: with a biographical introd. and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson, and a general index.
9 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
Self-reliance
9 editions - first published in 1900 Borrow -
Journals, with annotations: Edited by Edward Waldo Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes.
9 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
Selected writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
9 editions - first published in 1950 DAISY -
Representative men: seven lectures
9 editions - first published in 1850 Read -
English traits and Representative men
8 editions - first published in 1888 Read -
Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers
7 editions - first published in 1893 Read -
Works
7 editions - first published in 1883 Read -
The American scholar
6 editions - first published in 1893 Read -
Letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson to a friend, 1838-1853
6 editions - first published in 1899 Read -
Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson: an organic anthology
6 editions - first published in 1957 Borrow -
Essays and English traits
6 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
Essays: Second Series
6 editions - first published in 1844 Read -
Society & solitude & other essays
5 editions - first published in 1912 Read -
May-Day: and Other Pieces
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Early lectures: Edited by Stephen E. Whicher and Robert E. Spiller.
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The letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essays, Second Series
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The journals and miscellaneous notebooks
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The early lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The early poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Spiritual Emerson
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Selected prose and poetry
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Emerson-Clough letters
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An Emerson calendar
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Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson with Annotations
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Napoleon, or, The man of the world
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Select writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The journals and miscellaneous notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Collected Essays
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The collected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Uncollected lectures: reports of lectures on American life and natural religion reprinted from The Commonwealth
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The Dial
4 editions - first published in 1841 Read -
Natural history of intellect: and other papers
4 editions - first published in 1893 Read -
Fortune of the republic: lecture delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878
4 editions - first published in 1878 Read -
Two unpublished essays: The character of Socrates, The present state of ethical philosophy
4 editions - first published in 1896 Read -
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
4 editions - first published in 2000 Borrow -
Essays Series 1
4 editions - first published in 2004 Borrow -
Essays and poems of Emerson
3 editions - first published in 1921 Read -
Prudence
3 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
Thoughts From Emerson: selections from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson for every day in the year
3 editions - first published in 1902 Read -
Poems of R. W. Emerson
3 editions - first published in 1885 Read -
Nature and other essays
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Uncollected lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson: reports of lectures on American life and Natural religion, reprinted from the Commonwealth
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The correspondence of Emerson and Carlyle
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Tantalus: With a memorial note by F.B. Sanborn.
3 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
English traits, Representative men & other essays
3 editions - first published in 1908 Read -
The Complete Prose Works Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Divinity school address: Delivered before the senior class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, July 15, 1838.
3 editions - first published in 1907 Read -
The gospel of Emerson
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The essay on self-reliance
3 editions - first published in 1905 Read -
Centenary edition. The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: with a biographical introduction and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson, and a general index.
3 editions - first published in 1904 Read -
Society and solitude, twelve chapters
3 editions - first published in 1898 Read -
The living thoughts of Emerson: presented by Edgar Lee Masters
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The Emerson Birthday Book
3 editions - first published in 1881 Read -
Young Emerson speaks: unpublished discourses on many subjects.
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Friendship and Love
3 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
Correspondence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm
3 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
Education: an essay and other selections
3 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
The method of nature: an oration, delivered before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College, in Maine, August 11, 1841
3 editions - first published in 1841 Read -
Essays and journals: Selected, and with an introd.
3 editions - first published in 1968 Borrow -
Self Reliance and Other Essays
3 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow -
Emerson year book: selections for every day in the year from the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
3 editions - first published in 1893 Read -
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes
3 editions - first published in 1875 Read -
Records of a lifelong friendship, 1807-1882: Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Henry Furness.
3 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
The conduct of life, and Society and solitude
3 editions - first published in 1883 Read -
The Complete Prose Works
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Five essays on man and nature
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Love & Friendship
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Three essays: with an appreciation by Van Wyck Brooks.
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Über den Krieg
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Emerson's theory of poetry
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Letters: Edited by Ralph L. Rusk.
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Emerson's literary criticism
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Through the year with Emerson
2 editions - first published in 1905 Read -
Orations, lectures and essays
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Essays, lectures, and orations
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Emerson's Antislavery Writings
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Nature and other writings
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Culture and character
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Heroism
2 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
Addresses and essays
2 editions - first published in 1903 Read
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- Waldo Ralph Emerson
- Ralph, Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo, Emerson
- Ralph Waldow Emerson
- Ralph W. Emerson
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