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Emerson as an Essayist  credit: google Introduction : Robert Waldo Emerson:- Emerson is one of the greatest American essayists of the 19th century. He is appreciated all over the world for his essays. About the significance of his essays Mathew Arnold, a great critic, is of the view, " As Wordsworth's poetry is, in my judgement, the most important work done in our language during the present century, so are the Emerson's essays, I think, the most important work done in prose" .  His prose style is marked by its aphoristic quality and epigrammatic terseness. The sentences are remarkably impressive, handled with subtleness and have poetic beauty. Ralf Waldo Emerson Profile Born May 25, 1803, US Died April 27, 1882, US School Transcendentalism Interest Individualism, nature, divinity, cultural criticism Essays Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul, Experience, The Transcendentalist, The Poet Notable Idea...

Summary of Emerson's essay Self Reliance  Introduction : Emerson :- Ralph Waldo Emerson, famously known as ' The Sage of Concord ', was a renowned American Essayist, poet and a great literary figure. He was a philosopher also, whose works have a touch of transcendentalism. Through his works, he played a significant role in highlighting the issue of slavery as well as in its abolition. His essay Self Reliance is an important work which explains the value of independence of thought and having faith in one's own conscience. Ralf Waldo Emerson Profile Born May 25, 1803, US Died April 27, 1882, US School Transcendentalism Interest Individualism, nature, divinity, cultural criticism Essays Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul, Experience, The Transcendentalist, The Poet Notable Ideas Self-reliance, transparent eyeball, double consciousness, stream of thought, Era 19th century philosophy...