The American Transcendentalists
Essential Writings
$46.34
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2006
Summary
The best Transcendentalism reader on the market, edited and introduced by a preeminent scholar of American Transcendentalism and environmental/nature writing.
Transcendentalism was the first major intellectual movement in U.S. history, championing the inherent divinity of each individual, as well as the value of collective social action. In the mid-nineteenth century, the movement took off, changing how Americans thought about religion, literature, the natural world, class distinction…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812975093 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 081297509X |
| Author: | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lawrence Buell |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 131mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Buell is probably the most distinguished living authority on Emerson’s literary circle, the American Transcendentalists.”
–Daniel W. Howe, Rhodes Professor of American History emeritus, Oxford University
About The Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lawrence Buell is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. He is the award-winning author of many notable books, including Literary Transcendentalism, The Environmental Imagination, and Emerson.
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