| Our Common Dwelling: Henry Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and the Class Politics of Nature 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Newman, Lance (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403967792 ISBN-13: 9781403967794 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Lance Newman" "explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and 40s. When the New England Transcendentalists spiritualized nature, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the region's industrializing cities. Their goal was to find a secular foundation for their social authority as an intellectual elite. "Our Common Dwelling" engages with works by William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others. The works of these great authors, interpreted in historical context, show that both environmental exploitation and conscious love of nature co-evolved as part of the historical development of American capitalism. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 818.309 |
| LCCN: 2004059985 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.22" W x 8.38" (1.30 lbs) 255 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
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| Publisher Description: OurCommonDwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s. When the New England Transcendentalists spiritualized nature, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the region's industrializing cities. Their goal was to find a secular foundation for their social authority as an intellectual elite. New England Transcendentalism engages with works by William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others. The works of these great authors, interpreted in historical context, show that both environmental exploitation and conscious love of nature co-evolved as part of the historical development of American capitalism. |