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Literature Atlas. "Nature." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson.

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Literature Atlas. (n.d.). Nature. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson

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@misc{literatureatlas-nature,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {Nature},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Published anonymously in 1836; the founding statement of American Transcendentalism and the first sustained expression of the essayistic voice Emerson's later work is known for.

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Composed, From (Year)the subject's own account

1836 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Source Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)

Transcendentalism

Widely read as the movement's founding manifesto, published the same year (1836) the movement's own period-start-year marks.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Authored By

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)

Sources

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)

Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)

Associated With: The Essay

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Associated With: TranscendentalismView the Source

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