Self reliance
Subtitle: the story of Ralph Waldo Emerson
By: by Peggy Caravantes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: World writers
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Greensboro, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781599351247
Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, -- 1803-1882 -- Juvenile literature; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: Ralph Waldo Emerson became a Unitarian minister when he was twenty-five years old, but soon began to question his commitment to the denomination's beliefs. Eventually, he resigned his ministry, choosing instead to write and speak about his own ideas. In the process, he became the most influential writer and philosopher in the United States of his day. Emerson's life was marked by ill health and family tragedies that challenged his commitment to his doctrine of self-reliance. He found solace in both his love of nature and his commitment to the American Transcendental Movement, which emphasized an individual's intuitive ability to live a spiritual life free of religious doctrine and social customs. He popularized the group's ideas in his essays and public lectures. Over a long and productive life, Ralph Waldo Emerson made himself into the most important figure in the first flowering of a truly American culture.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family ties; title: A developing mind; title: Call to ministry; title: Coping with adversities; title: The private individual; title: Flux of life; title: Taking a stand; title: Spirit unbound; title: Timeline; title: Sources; title: Bibliography; title: Web sites.