Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Brief Biography -- EMERSON IN HIS TIME -- "The Age of the First Person Singular": Emerson and Individualism -- Emerson, Nature, and Natural Science -- Emerson and Religion -- Emerson and Antislavery -- Emerson in the Context of the Woman's Rights Movement -- Illustrated Chronology -- We Find What We Seek: Emerson and His Biographers -- Bibliographical Essay -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.