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UNINA9910816449703321 |
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Autore |
Versluis Arthur <1959-> |
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Titolo |
American transcendentalism and Asian religions / / Arthur Versluis |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773816-8 |
1-280-44251-4 |
0-19-536037-0 |
1-4237-6477-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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Collana |
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Religion in America series |
Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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291.90973 |
303.48/27305 |
810.9382 |
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Soggetti |
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Transcendentalism (New England) |
Asia Religion Influence |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1993. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction: Transcendentalism and the Orient; 2. Predecessors: The First Meetings of East and West; 3. Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, and the Orient; 4. The Dissenters: Melville and Brownson; 5. The Ambience: Orientalism in General-Interest American Magazines; 6. Ambience and Embodiment of Transcendental Dreams; 7. Transcendentalist Periodicals and the Orient; 8. Patterns in Literary Religion: The Orient and the Second Cycle of Transcendentalism; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of the relationship between American transcendentalism and the Asian religions traces the history of the transcendentalist movement in the USA and the profound influence of Orientalism on the movement. |
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