A chronology of events in the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his associates. Also includes information about Emerson's philosophy, speaking engagements, and publications.

This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the leading transcendentalists. It features a link to his biography, and to an excerpt from his essay "Self Reliance." It also offers a quiz...

Part of the Humanities Initiative American Verse Collection, this resource offers links to more than fifty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This website from a professor at Brandeis University provides a biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson in which his childhood, writing career, and his transcendentalist views are discussed. Included are links to related essays and a list of...

Full text of the poem "The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

Read and search for thirty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, taken from the book "Early Poems." Includes a brief biography of Emerson.

This Poets.org entry for the 19th century American poet, essayist, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) provides biographical information, a select bibliography, and contemporary photograph as well as links to related writers...

Full text of the poem "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

Full text of the poem "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1882).

The Transcendentalist movement of the 1820s-1830s promoted the ideas of intuition, independence, and inherent goodness in humans and nature. This excerpt comes from Emerson's most famous essay. "Self-Reliance," which discusses similar...

This article examines the influence of Vedic literature and thought, including the "Bhagavat-Gita," on Emerson's philosophy and writing.

The complete text of Emerson's essay, "History." The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format, or viewed as a webpage. In addition, the essay has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading and math...

The University of Michigan offers this reproduction of Bronson Alcott's work as part of their Making of America series. A search feature allows users to search using boolean operators or a proximity search as well as more basic keyword.

Read the full text of eight essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. All the essays available on this site were first published in "The Dial" between 1840 and 1843.

Read and listen to essays published by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1844. (Click on each chapter name to listen to the audio.)

This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.

This site provides a detailed analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1838 address to the Harvard Divinity School. Contains a link to the online text of Emerson's address.

This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and...

This site contains a summary of the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Also contains the text to many of his essays and poems.

Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882 CE)? Use this website to learn more about this famous poet.

Explore the impact of transcendentalism on the life of Louisa May Alcott and American society in this video [4:00] from the American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' Emphasizing self-reliance, civil...

In this lesson, 11th graders explore the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his call for literature that was uniquely American. They then consider how Emerson would have responded to writings by Henry Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Harriet...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's lyrics to The Concord Hymn, sung at the completion of the Concord Monument, July 4, 1837.

Activity on the religious, philosophical and literary movement of Transcendentalism founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Article outlines the history and main ideas as well as the far-reaching literary and societal impact of Transcendentalist...