Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xv, 365 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: locating the "like-minded" -- Searching the scriptures -- Reinvigorating a faith -- Transcendentalism emergent -- Religious combustion -- Centripetal forces and centrifugal motion -- Heaven on earth -- Varieties of transcendentalism -- Self and society -- The inward turn -- Free religion and the dream of a common humanity -- Toward the genteel tradition. |
Summary |
A comprehensive history of American transcendentalism which originated with a number of nineteenth-century intellectuals including Ralph Waldo Emerson, and examines their philosophical and religious roots in Europe and opposition to slavery. |
Subject |
Transcendentalism (New England)
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Transcendentalism (New England) (OCoLC)fst01154551
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ISBN |
9780809034772 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0809034778 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0809016443 |
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9780809016440 |
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