Research Topic 5  – Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson and what was his relationship to Thoreau?

 

Using the Internet sources provided, research the following facts on Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Literature Network – Emerson
http://online-literature.com/emerson/

PBS.Org – The American Renaissance
http://pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/transcend.html

Biography on A&E – Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=20100

 

  1. Where and when did Ralph Waldo Emerson live?

 

  1. What were his professions?

 

  1. What famous university ostracized (barred) him for his unorthodox religious ideas?

 

  1. What did Emerson argue for in his speech, “The American Scholar”?

 

  1. What was the bond between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau?

 

   6.  Name two of Emerson’s literary works.