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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

transcendentalist, associated with the Unitarian Church, speech writer

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Criticism about Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson

http://www.bartleby.com/225/index.html#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", "EmersonÕs 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

http://watershedonline.ca/emerson/page41/page41.html

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

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/201

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