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- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
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- Part
- Part
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882; American)
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869; French)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861; English)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882; American)
- Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855; French)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882; American)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2021
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882; American)
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869; French)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861; English)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882; American)
- Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855; French)
- Part
- Part
Summary
Emerson was the central figure of American Transcendentalism, the closest parallel to English and German Romanticism. He knew the English poets (he called on Wordsworth and Coleridge while visiting England when he was thirty), and was well acquainted with current German poetry and philosophy. He became famous mainly for his lectures and essays, but his poetry, often terse and oracular in style, he often found an even better vehicle for his ideas.
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- Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 137 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021