ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is NOT one of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s noted writings?
A
The British Scholar
B
Fate
C
Self-Reliance
D
Nature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His most famous work, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance can truly change your life for the better. Other famous works are The American Scholar summary, The Lord’s Supper, Nature, St. Augustine Confessions, Harvard Divinity School Address, English Traits, Representative Men, and his collection of poems.

Detailed explanation-2: -They include the well-known essays “Self-Reliance", “The Over-Soul", “Circles", “The Poet", and “Experience.” Together with “Nature", these essays made the decade from the mid-1830s to the mid-1840s Emerson’s most fertile period.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 ) Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leader in the Transcendentalism movement in America. 2 ) At the age of 14, Emerson was the youngest student in his class at Harvard. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School as a Unitarian minister. 3 ) Emerson left the Unitarian church in 1832 due to philosophical differences.

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