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.
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| instanceOf |
essay
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public address → |
| alsoKnownAs |
The American Scholar (essay)
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The American Scholar address → |
| associatedWith |
Boston intellectual culture
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Harvard University → |
| author |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| callsFor |
break from European cultural dominance
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creation of a distinct American culture → |
| centralTheme |
American intellectual independence
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relationship between individual and nature → self-reliance in thought → the role of the scholar in society → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| date |
1837
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| deliveredAt |
Harvard College
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| deliveredIn |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| deliveredTo |
Phi Beta Kappa Society
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| describesScholarAs |
Man Thinking
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| emphasizes |
direct experience
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individualism → intuition → moral responsibility of the intellectual → |
| firstDeliveredAs |
oration
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| genre |
literary criticism
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philosophical essay → |
| historicalSignificance |
called the intellectual Declaration of Independence for America
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| influenced |
American Renaissance
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American Transcendentalist movement → American literary nationalism → |
| influencedBy |
German Idealism
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Immanuel Kant (indirectly, via Transcendentalism) → Romanticism → |
| keyConcept |
correspondence between nature and mind
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unity of all knowledge → |
| language |
English
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| laterPublishedAs |
essay
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| movement |
Transcendentalism
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| opposes |
mere bookish learning
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| originalForm |
public lecture
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| period |
19th-century American literature
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| philosophicalOrientation |
Transcendentalist philosophy
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| 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
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson → |
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The American Scholar
("The American Scholar (essay)")
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