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Which American poet/essayist precedes Whitman as a key transcendentalist named in the brief?
ARobert Frost
BRalph Waldo Emerson
CToni Morrison
DErnest Hemingway
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. Emerson is listed alongside Whitman in the American Literature bucket.
2. His essays (Self-Reliance, Nature) prepare Whitman's individualist poetics.
3. Whitman called Emerson his 'master.'
_Source: Coverage brief — American canon — "American Literature — Whitman, Emerson, Hemingway, Frost, Toni Morrison"_
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