{"product_id":"2940013324053","title":"Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Original Title (Bentley Loft Classics Book #31)","description":"Bentley Loft Classics proudly present book #31, Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an adolescent America searched for its unique identity among the nations of the world, a number of thinkers and writers emerged eager to share their vision of what the American character could be. Among their leaders was Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose essays, lectures, and poems defined the American transcendentalist movement, though he himself disliked the term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerson advocates a rejection of fear-driven conformity, a total independence of thought and spirit, and a life lived in harmony with nature. He believes that Truth lies within each individual, for each is part of a greater whole, a universal “over-soul” through which we transcend the merely mortal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerson was extremely prolific throughout his life; his collected writings fill forty volumes. This edition contains his major works, including Nature, the essays “Self-Reliance,” “The American Scholar,” “The Over-Soul,” “Circles,” “The Poet,” and “Experience,”, and such important poems as “The Rhodora,” “Uriel,” “The Humble-Bee,” “Earth-Song,” “Give All to Love,” and the well-loved “Concord Hymn.”","brand":"Bentley Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177459597552,"sku":"2940013324053","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013324053_p0.jpg?v=1763579427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013324053","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}