American essayist, lecturer, and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. A champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, Emerson published numerous essays and delivered more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
American essayist, lecturer, and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. A champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, Emerson published numerous essays and delivered more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
