| The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings Contributor(s): Buell, Lawrence (Editor), Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Author), Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 081297509X ISBN-13: 9780812975093 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2006 Annotation: 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 distinctions, the role of women, and the existence of slavery. Edited by the eminent scholar Lawrence Buell, this comprehensive anthology contains the essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and their fellow visionaries. There are also reflections on the movement by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This remarkable volume introduces the radical innovations of a brilliant group of thinkers whose impact on religious thought, social reform, philosophy, and literature continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Transcendentalism - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 818.308 |
| LCCN: 2005049580 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 5.29" W x 8.04" (0.97 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 distinctions, the role of women, and the existence of slavery. Edited by the eminent scholar Lawrence Buell, this comprehensive anthology contains the essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and their fellow visionaries. There are also reflections on the movement by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This remarkable volume introduces the radical innovations of a brilliant group of thinkers whose impact on religious thought, social reform, philosophy, and literature continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century. |