American Transcendentalism by Philip F. Gura
A History
A compact history that traces the emergence, development, and influence of a distinctly American intellectual and literary movement in early 19th-century New England, explaining how European Romanticism, German idealism, and local Puritan traditions combined to produce a confident emphasis on individual intuition, the sanctity of nature, and moral reform. It situates central figures such as Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, and Alcott within social and institutional networks, examines their key writings and public activities, and shows how transcendentalist ideas shaped abolitionism, women's rights, communal experiments, and American literature while also revealing the movement’s internal tensions, limits, and long-term cultural legacy.
- Published
- 2007
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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