Literary Transcendentalism

Style and Vision in the American Renaissance

Inbunden, Engelska, 1973

Av Lawrence Buell

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Broader in scope than any previous literary study of the transcendentalists, this rewarding book analyzes the theories and forms characteristic of a vital group of American writers, as well as the principles and vision underlying transcendentalism. All the movement's major literary figures and forms are considered in detail. Lawrence Buell combines intellectual history and critical explication, giving equal attention to general trends and to particular works and individuals. His chapters on conversation, religious discourse, catalog rhetoric, and literary travelogue treat intensively topics that have been relatively neglected. His analyses of Ellery Channing's poetry and the use of persona in Emerson and Very are also innovative. In the final section, he offers the first systematic account of the autobiographical tradition in transcendentalist writing.This incisive and sympathetic overview of transcendentalist writing and thought will attract readers interested in American culture, and it will suggest new critical approaches to nonfiction.

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Utgivningsdatum1973-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt907 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagCornell University Press
ISBN9780801407871

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IntroductionPart I. Background and General Principles1. The Emergence of the Transcendentalist Aesthetic from American Unitarianism2. Transcendentalist Literary Method: Inspiration versus CraftsmanshipPart II. The Living Word3. From Conversation to Essay4. From Sermon to ScripturePart III. Word and World: Nature as a Model for Literary Form5. Emerson and the Idea of Microcosmic Form6. Catalogue Rhetoric7. Thoreau and the Literary Excursion8. Thoreau's A Week9. Ellery Channing: The Major Phase of a Minor PoetPart IV. The First Person10. Transcendentalist Self-Examination and Autobiographical Tradition11. Emerson and Thoreau: Soul versus Self12. Transcendental Egoism in Very and WhitmanIndex

Buell's solid grasp of the religiousness of the transcendental literary discipline is a welcome insight. Buell finds that truth and beauty are two sides of the same transcendental coin, and this perception shapes a very fine book.- Catherine Albanese (Church History) Buell's wide-ranging, flexible, catholic approach is a match for the diversity and variety of his materials.- Richard A. Betts (College Literature) Lawrence Buell's Literary Transcendentalism is one of the best studies of the literature of the American renaissance to appear in quite some time; it takes what might well be thought academy-worn subjects and says interesting and suggestive things about them. It is the best book I know on the subject of transcendental aesthetics.- Francis Murphy (New England Quarterly)