Elia, Steele, LAMB, and Emerson are all British essayists who have made significant contributions to the literary world. Elia is the pen name of Charles LAMB, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian who wrote Tales from Shakespeare and Essays of Elia. Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician who wrote The Tatler and The Spectator. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who wrote Nature and Self-Reliance.