Representative Men

by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edward Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

In the mid-19th century, Romantic literature was still in full bloom across the West, but some American authors began producing literature that, while still Romantic, was unique enough to be considered a different genre. This new genre, Transcendentalism, focused on the spirituality of the self and nature, not rejecting religion outright but concentrating on pragmatism and the importance of individuals as the spiritual center of the cosmos. In addition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512307912
• ISBN13: 9781512307917
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.