History
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All Characters Ralph Waldo Emerson The Individual
Terms
All Terms Annals Civil History Transcendentalism Transmigration
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History

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Introduction Intro
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Summary & Analysis
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  • Unity Theme Icon
    Unity
  • Spirituality Theme Icon
    Spirituality
  • Creation and Nature Theme Icon
    Creation and Nature
Quotes
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  • All Characters
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The Individual
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Annals
  • Civil History
  • Transcendentalism
  • Transmigration
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  • The Gothic Cathedral Symbol Icon
    The Gothic Cathedral
Lit Devices
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  • Allusions
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Style
  • Tone
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Annals

A historical record of the events in a particular year. read analysis of Annals

Civil History

The history of the state and its people. read analysis of Civil History

Transcendentalism

An American philosophical movement in the early-to-mid-nineteenth century. Transcendentalist thinkers and writers valued spiritual unity, intuition, nature, and the individual. read analysis of Transcendentalism

Transmigration

The exchange of a soul from one body into another after death. read analysis of Transmigration
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