Self-Reliance and Nature: The Complete First and Second Series of Emerson's Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He is today seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Collected here in one convenient volume is Ralph Waldo Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays.

The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature. Essays - First Series1. History2.

Self-Reliance3. Compensation4. Spiritual Laws5.

Love6. Friendship7. Prudence8.

Heroism9. The Over-Soul10. Circles11.

Intellect12. ArtEssays - Second Series1. The Poet2.

Experience3. Character4. Manners5.

Gifts6. Nature7. Politics8.

Nominalist and Realist9.