Standing on the bare ground, -- my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, -- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882. Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a Lover of Nature?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Romanticism. What is Romanticism? Literary movement during the 19 th century (1800 – 1860) Values feeling and intuition over.
Transcendentalist Works
Nature —A radical new imagination of woods and wilderness: Correspondences
Intro to Emerson and Thoreau
