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Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Religion & Mythology in Art, Religious Art, 19th Century American Literature - Literary Criticism, Landscapes & Places in Art, Flora & Fauna in Art, Religion & Literature, 19th Century American Philosophy, Rel

Transcendence: seekers and seers in the age of Thoreau / by Francois Specq

by Francois Specq
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Overview

The immense changes to the moral and civic values of pre–Civil War America that the Transcendentalists advocated are explored in this account. Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Daniel Webster, as well as painters such as paranoramic landscapist Frederic Church, are among the creators whose contributions to the period of cultural reformation are discussed.

About the Author, Francois Specq

François Specq is an associate professor who specializes in 19th-century American literature at the Université Lumière–Lyon 2.

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Book Details

Published
May 28, 2006
Publisher
Higganum, CT : Higganum Hill Books, c2006.
Pages
270
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780974115894

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