ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote “On Education”?
A
Walt Whitman
B
Emily Dickinson
C
Emerson
D
Thoreau
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Emerson believed that human beings should learn to think on their own, rather than solely acquire the craft of imitation or conformity by repeating the speech of their teachers. A liberating education, to Emer-son, gives students the ability to challenge those in power when necessary.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

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