02835nam 2200673Ia 450 991078483560332120230607221549.00-19-773903-21-280-48108-00-19-535004-91-4237-6228-2(CKB)1000000000406838(EBL)281029(OCoLC)476025320(SSID)ssj0000149146(PQKBManifestationID)11150969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149146(PQKBWorkID)10235986(PQKB)10246196(Au-PeEL)EBL281029(CaPaEBR)ebr10269086(CaONFJC)MIL48108(OCoLC)935262280(MiAaPQ)EBC281029(EXLCZ)99100000000040683820000223d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe esoteric origins of the American renaissance[electronic resource] /Arthur VersluisOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513887-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 European Esoteric Currents; 3 Esotericism in Early America; 4 The Esoteric Ambience of the American Renaissance; 5 Hitchcock; 6 Poe; 7 Hawthorne; 8 Melville; 9 Greaves; 10 Alcott; 11 Emerson; 12 Fuller; 13 Whitman; 14 Dickinson; 15 The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn this work, Arthur Versluis shows that many writers of the so-called American Renaissance were inspired by Western esoteric currents. Before offering his analysis of the esoteric elements in the writings of figures from the American Renaissance, Versluis offers an overview of esotericism in Europe and its offshoots in colonial America.American literatureEuropean influencesAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismOccultism in literatureOccultismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryTranscendentalism (New England)United StatesIntellectual life19th centuryAmerican literatureEuropean influences.American literatureHistory and criticism.Occultism in literature.OccultismHistoryTranscendentalism (New England)810.9/37Versluis Arthur1959-752484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784835603321The esoteric origins of the American renaissance3747183UNINA