Socio-biographical Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
AMERICAN LITERATURE TEXT, SOCIETY AND AUTHOR: A SOCIO-BIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON’S “SELF-RELIANCE” ENGL ANKOMAH EDMUND HAMMAH PROF. ABSTRACT This paper intends to explore Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance” within the guiding framework of relationships between text and author’s biography and the prevailing social milieu of 19th century America. Published in , “Self-Reliance” represents one of Emerson’s profound works that gained immense attention for its seminal appeal and reflections on the general nature of human or “individual” conduct within society. The paper intends to examine how particular biographical, social and political events may have influenced particular reflections within the text. Like Emerson’s first work “Nature” (), “Self-Reliance” () was recognized for its peculiar character as a work of social commentary, espousing ideals of ‘how men ought to live’ while deemphasizing the asphyxiating pressures of external authority. The paper would also attempt a critique of some of Emerson’s philosophies in a bid to generate a more comprehensive analysis. BI
Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Asma Neelam Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist” (Self-Reliance). Emerson was a great thinker of mid-nineteenth century, a philosopher, lecturer and a Unitarian minister. He is the author of some great books and essays as well as a great speaker of his time in America. He found the basis of Transcendentalism and was an activist. He has a great contribution to the field of personal development of a human. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, in Boston. His family was well known and his father, William Emerson was a descendent clergyman and a minister of first Unitarian church in Boston. Emerson was only eight when his father died and the family left over to face the hardships of life. He could not complete his education at its best at Boston Latin School, however, at fourteen, he entered Harvard College under the influence of his unconventional but brilliant aunt and he started giving words to his thoughts. His aunt Mary Moody Emerson took an active interest in his studies and motivated his individual thoughts and ideas that made him start recording his words in a famous journal that he kept for his entire lif
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