Self-Reliance: Close Reading and Annotation

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Individualism in Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance

Which of the following is true about the era during which Emerson writes and publishes "Self-Reliance"?

1. Looming large in the minds of many Americans is the possibility of the disintegration of the union.
2. Americans begin to conceive of themselves, i.e. to construct their identity, in terms distinct and divorced from colonialism and subservience to England.
3. Writers produce texts in a distinctly American idiom, intentionally and irrevocably severing allegiance to the conventions of British poetry and prose.
4. All of the above

Annotation

Practice skillful annotation in order to produce an accurate, precise, and valid interpretation of the purpose of the first paragraph of Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

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Annotate

Practice skillful annotation in order to produce an accurate, precise, and valid interpretation of the purpose of the first paragraph of Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

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