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1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) |
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Post-contemporary interventions |
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Post-contemporary interventions.
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E-Duke books scholarly collection
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| Contents |
Emerson's Resignation from the Ministry -- The Divinity School "Address" Controversy -- Thoreau's Mythological Interpretation Seeing through "The Mist of Prejudice" -- The Two Theodore Parkers: Interpretation, Intuition, and Maternal Authority |
| Summary |
American literary historians have viewed Ralph Waldo Emerson's resignation from the Unitarian ministry in 1832 in favor of a literary career as emblematic of a main current in American literature. That current is directed toward the possession of a self that is independent and fundamentally opposed to the "accoutrements of society and civilization" and expresses a Transcendentalist antipathy toward all institutionalized forms of religious observance. In the ongoing revision of American literary history, this traditional reading of the supposed anti-institutionalism of the Transcendenta |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Religion
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Religion
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. fast (OCoLC)fst00028085 |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. fast (OCoLC)fst00029125 |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 gnd |
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Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862 gnd |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Religion. nli |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Religion. nli |
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Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860. nli |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. swd |
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Thoreau, Henry David. swd |
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Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- New England -- History -- 19th century
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Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024 |
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Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- New England -- 19th century. nli |
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Bible -- Critique, interpretation, etc. -- Nouvelle-Angleterre (Etats-Unis) -- 19e siecle. ram |
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Transcendentalism (New England)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Idealism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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Religion.
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Transcendentalism (New England)
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Religion
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Transcendentalisme.
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Hermeneutiek.
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Bijbelkritiek.
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Transcendentalism (New England)
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Transcendentalisme.
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New England.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822382829 |
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0822382822 |
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