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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on Emerson's Essays explores the influential writings of a gifted scholar and humanitarian. Covering six of Ralph Waldo Emerson's major works, this study guide provides critical commentaries on the content of the following essays: Nature "The American Scholar" "The Over-Soul" "Self-Reliance" "The Transcendentalist" "The Poet" Other features that help you figure out Emerson's view on nature, the human soul, and transcendental ideology include Background on the author, along with a chronology of his life Critical essays on Emerson, Unitarianism, and the God Within, plus coverage of Emerson's use of metaphor Explanation of difficult allusions, words...

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