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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Andrews, Barry Maxwell (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
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.