Essays: First Series

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Essays: First Series is a foundational 1841 collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays that helped define American transcendentalist thought and literary style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
associatedWith Transcendentalism
surface form: New England Transcendentalism
author Ralph Waldo Emerson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat print
followedBy Essays: Second Series
genre philosophical essays
transcendentalist literature
hasCanonicalStatus classic of American literature
hasPart Art
Circles
Compensation
Friendship
Heroism
History
Intellect
Love
Prudence
Self-Reliance
Spiritual Laws
the Over-Soul
surface form: The Over-Soul
hasSubject aesthetics
ethics
metaphysics
religion
social philosophy
influenced 19th-century American philosophy
American individualist thought
American literary style
language English
literaryMovement Transcendentalism
mainTheme individualism
moral philosophy
nature and spirituality
relationship between the individual soul and the Over-Soul
self-reliance
notableEssay Circles
Compensation
Friendship
History
Self-Reliance
the Over-Soul
surface form: The Over-Soul
numberOfEssays 12
placeOfPublication Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1841
publisher James Munroe and Company

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Self-Reliance firstPublishedIn Essays: First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson notableWork Essays: First Series
Essays: Second Series predecessor Essays: First Series
the Over-Soul publishedIn Essays: First Series
this entity surface form: "Essays: First Series"
Society and Solitude relatedWork Essays: First Series