LEADER 02835nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910784835603321 005 20230607221549.0 010 $a0-19-773903-2 010 $a1-280-48108-0 010 $a0-19-535004-9 010 $a1-4237-6228-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406838 035 $a(EBL)281029 035 $a(OCoLC)476025320 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000149146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235986 035 $a(PQKB)10246196 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL281029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269086 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48108 035 $a(OCoLC)935262280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281029 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406838 100 $a20000223d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe esoteric origins of the American renaissance$b[electronic resource] /$fArthur Versluis 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-513887-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aAmerican literature$xEuropean influences 606 $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOccultism in literature 606 $aOccultism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTranscendentalism (New England) 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y19th century 615 0$aAmerican literature$xEuropean influences. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOccultism in literature. 615 0$aOccultism$xHistory 615 0$aTranscendentalism (New England) 676 $a810.9/37 700 $aVersluis$b Arthur$f1959-$0752484 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784835603321 996 $aThe esoteric origins of the American renaissance$93747183 997 $aUNINA