The American Scholar
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The American Scholar is a landmark 1837 address-turned-essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that helped define American intellectual independence and the philosophy of Transcendentalism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The American Scholar canonical | 8 |
| The American Scholar (address) | 1 |
| The American Scholar (essay) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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public address ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The American Scholar
ⓘ
surface form:
The American Scholar (essay)
The American Scholar address ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boston intellectual culture
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ |
| author | Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
| callsFor |
break from European cultural dominance
ⓘ
creation of a distinct American culture ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
American intellectual independence
ⓘ
relationship between individual and nature ⓘ self-reliance in thought ⓘ the role of the scholar in society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1837 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
|
| deliveredIn | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| deliveredTo | Phi Beta Kappa Society ⓘ |
| describesScholarAs | Man Thinking ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
direct experience
ⓘ
individualism ⓘ intuition ⓘ moral responsibility of the intellectual ⓘ |
| firstDeliveredAs | oration ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | called the intellectual Declaration of Independence for America ⓘ |
| influenced |
American Renaissance
ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form:
American Transcendentalist movement
American literary nationalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German idealism
ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
surface form:
Immanuel Kant (indirectly, via Transcendentalism)
Romanticism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
correspondence between nature and mind
ⓘ
unity of all knowledge ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedAs | essay ⓘ |
| movement | Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| opposes | mere bookish learning ⓘ |
| originalForm | public lecture ⓘ |
| period | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | Transcendentalist philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Nature (Emerson essay)
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Self-Reliance ⓘ |
| structureIncludes |
analysis of the duties of the scholar
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discussion of the influences on the scholar ⓘ |
| year | 1837 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nature (essay)
this entity surface form:
The American Scholar (essay)
subject surface form:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
subject surface form:
Success (essay)
subject surface form:
Beauty (essay)
this entity surface form:
The American Scholar (address)