Bibliograph

The essential transcendentalists, edited and introduced by Richard G. Geldard

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Label

The essential transcendentalists, edited and introduced by Richard G. Geldard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The essential transcendentalists

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

59224037

Responsibility statement

edited and introduced by Richard G. Geldard

Summary

An anthology of core writings by such transcendentalist spiritual thinkers as Emerson, Thoreau, and Bronson Alcott offers insight into the New England movement's influence and philosophies about the inner development of the individual

Table Of Contents

1: Primary texts -- Introduction to the primary texts -- Observations on the growth of the mind / Sampson Reed -- Preface to Aids to reflection / James Marsh -- Amos Bronson Alcott, early journals -- "Orphic sayings" -- Prefect to Conversations with children -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, introduction -- Nature, chapter 1 -- 2: Individual voices -- Introduction to individual voices -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- "The transcendentalist" -- "Circles" -- Frederic Henry Hedge -- "Questionings" -- Amos Bronson Alcott, Journal entries, 1837 -- Margaret Fuller, "flaxman" -- "The sacred marriage" -- "The great lawsuit" -- Henry David Thoreau, "Where I lived, and what I lived for," from Walden -- "Civil disobedience" -- 3: The transcendental heritage -- Introduction to the Transcendental heritage -- Movements and institutions -- Solitary voices -- Walt Whitman -- Emily Dickinson -- Wallace Stevens -- The nature writers -- Loren Eiseley -- Annie Dillard

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