Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul /
American Transcendentalism is often seen as a literary movement--a flowering of works written by New England intellectuals who retreated from society and lived in nature. In Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul, Barry M. Andrews focuses on a neglected aspect of this well-known group, sh...
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2017]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The soul of the age
- The transcendentalist crisis of faith
- Transcendentalist spirituality
- The art of life
- Three prerequisites of the spiritual life
- Solitude, contemplation, sauntering, and simple living
- Reading, conversation, and journal writing
- Religious cosmopolitanism
- Self-culture and social change
- Abolition and women's rights
- Education, environmentalism, and sustainability
- Church reform and the free religious association
- The legacy of transcendentalism.