Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance and Other Essays Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-Reliance" was first published in his 1841 collection, Essays: First Series. Emerson helped start the beginning of the Transcendentalist movement in America. "Self-Reliance" is one of Emerson's most famous essays. Emerson wrote on "individualism, personal responsibility, and nonconformity."This edition of Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Annotated) includes: - Introduction by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Essays: - THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR - COMPENSATION - SELF RELIANCE - FRIENDSHIP - PRUDENCE - HEROISM - MANNERS - GIFTS - NATURE - CIRCLES