| Description |
4 v. |
| Current Frequency |
Quarterly |
| Publication Date |
Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1840)-v. 4, no. 4 (Apr. 1844) |
| Series |
Library of American civilization ; LAC 30234-36.
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| Note |
"A magazine for literature, philosophy, and religion." |
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Title from caption. |
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The Dial has probably received more attention from the literary historian than any other periodical published in this country, and this is because for four years this quarterly journal of opinion and belles-lettres served as spokesman for New England transcendentalism. Margaret Fuller was editor of the Dial for the first half of its four years; and Ralph Waldo Emerson took over the editorship for the second half of its lifetime. The first number contained essays and poems by Miss Fuller, Emerson, Christopher Pearce Cranch, John Sullivan Dwight, Amos Bronson Alcott, W.H. Channing and others; most of these people became chief writers during Miss Fuller's editorship. Under Emerson the Dial had somewhat more unity. The leading contributors were William Emery Channing and Thoreau; Miss Fuller, Theodore Parker and Charles Lane were also prominent. Included in the contents were extracts from oriental religious writings, Emerson's "Lectures on the Times," and Channing's poetry. |
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Editors: Margaret Fuller, R.W. Emerson, George Ripley. |
| Reproduction |
Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 3 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 30234-36) |
| Subject |
Transcendentalism (New England) -- Periodicals.
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| Added Author |
Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Ripley, George, 1802-1880.
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| Key Title |
The dial |
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