by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson [Updated link coming soon.]
This site contains a detailed Biography of Emerson, along with information on his philosophical and religious Influences and the movement known as Transcendentalism. Imagine you lived in nineteenth-century Boston and attended one of Emerson's Lectures. Write an imaginative journal entry about it, describing the setting, other people in attendance, and Emerson himself. Include your opinion about Emerson's ideas.