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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Nationality: American | Periods: |
transcendentalist, associated with the Unitarian Church, speech writer
Also See: Our pages on these individual works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Collected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Collected Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Criticism about Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Emerson
- https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/authors/#18
- This lengthy analysis of the author’s life and work includes sections on “The High Place of Emerson in American Letters”, “His Journals”, “The American Scholar; The Divinity School Address”, “Emerson�s Resignation from the Ministry “, and “His Failure to Perceive the Meaning of Evil; The Rarity and Beauty of his Accomplishment.”
- Contains: Extensive Bio, Criticism, Bibliography
- Author: Paul Elmer More
- From: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Volume XV: English, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson: an estimate of his character and genius: in prose and verse
- http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=amverse;idno=BAC71…
- “I allude, of course, to Emerson. A rhapsodist by genius, and the chief of his class, his utterances are ever a surprise as they are delight to hisaudiences; select though these are, and not all unworthy of him.”
- Contains: Commentary, Criticism
- Author: Alcott, A. Bronson
- Keywords: Ralph Waldo Emerson, contemporary criticism, historical critiscim
Biographical sites about Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A Chronology of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Llife
- https://emersonsociety.org/chronology/emerson-chronology/
- This site contains a useful chronology of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s life.
- Contains: Timeline
- Keywords: Ralph Waldo Emerson, life, chronology, biographical information
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/320/ralph-waldo-emerson/photo
- Provides a brief biographical sketch of the poet, and the full text of several poems.
- Contains: Sketch, Bibliography, Webliography, Pictures
- Author: Academy of American Poets
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Other sites about Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Grave
- http://www.findagrave.com/pictures/emersonr.html
- This site provides photographs of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s grave site.
- Contains: Pictures
- Keywords: Ralph Waldo Emerson, grave, pictures, photographs
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013