American Literature - Regional Literature - Literary Criticism, 19th Century American Literature - Literary Criticism, Philosophy & Literature, 19th Century American Philosophy

Transient and Permanent

Name: Transient and Permanent
Author: Charles Capper and Conrad Edick Wright
ISBN: 9780934909761

by Charles Capper and Conrad Edick Wright

Available on Bookshop Write a review

Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.

Overview

Comprising twenty essays by leading scholars, this insightful collection provides the best recent writing on the Transcendentalists, the New England religious reformers and intellectuals who challenged both spiritual and secular orthodoxies between the 1830s and the 1850s. The volume addresses Transcendentalism from many directions, illuminating the movement more clearly than ever before. The contributions consider aspects of the relationship between the Transcendentalists and their intellectual and social world, assess the movement's cultural legacy, and place Transcendentalism in the context of historical and literary scholarship, past and present.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Log in to write one.

Editorials

Booknews

Professors of English, American history, American studies, art history, religion, music, and New England history offer 20 essays addressing an array of topics relating to the Transcendentalist movement and its origins. Topics include Transcendentalism's place in New England's religious tradition; how cosmopolitan discourse influenced it, including German, French, English, and Indian writings; the different ways in which members of the circle interacted with the world around them; Transcendentalism's connection with reform movements; the movement's cultural legacy; and its critical reception. Distributed by Northeastern U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)