Emerson's Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson, a prominent 19th-century essayist and poet, played a key role in the transcendentalist movement, shaping the New Thought movement of his time. His influential works include the groundbreaking essay "Nature," published in 1836, and the celebrated speech "The American Scholar," deemed America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Emerson's renowned essays, such as "Self-Reliance," "Compensation," and "The Over-Soul," explore themes of individuality, spirituality, and the relationship between humanity and nature.