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Transcendentalist hermeneutics : institutional authority and the higher criticism of the Bible /
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 opp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Post-contemporary interventions.
e-Duke books scholarly collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822382829 0822382822 |