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The American Scholar

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Address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard, 31 August 1837, calling for an American literature independent of Europe; Oliver Wendell Holmes later called it America's intellectual declaration of independence.

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Composed, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own account
1837 2
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Short (Under 100 Pages) 3
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General 1
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar (1837)

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Source The American Scholar (Wikipedia)
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1. The American Scholar (Wikipedia)
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    "The American Scholar" is a speech and essay by American writer and thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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    is a speech and essay
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2. Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar (1837)
  • Composed, From (Year): 1837
3. Open Library: Open Library search: The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"number_of_pages_median": 51
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  • Associated With: The Essay
  • Associated With: Transcendentalism
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