Available online
Description
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, philosopher and lecturer who led the Transcendentalist movement which developed in the 1820s in the eastern United States. He wrote several books of essays about Transcendentalism and Romanticism. His work subsequently influenced many writers and poets including Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche. In later life Emerson became an outspoken writer and orator on the abolition of slavery.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, philosopher and lecturer who led the Transcendentalist movement which developed in the 1820s in the eastern United States. He wrote several books of essays about Transcendentalism and Romanticism. His work subsequently influenced many writers and poets including Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche. In later life Emerson became an outspoken writer and orator on the abolition of slavery.
Alternative formats
• Plain text
(opens in new window)
• Plain text
(opens in new window)
| Name: | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
|---|---|
| Also known as: | Waldo Emerson |
| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | American |
| Date of birth: | 1803 |
| Date of death: | 1882 |
| Roles: | Educator; Poet; Writer; Philosopher |
| Linked correspondent: | Oliver Wendell Holmes (link opens in new window); Thomas Babington Macaulay (link opens in new window); Anthony Trollope (link opens in new window) |
| Project person ID: | SLP049 |
| Image rights: | © GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo |
