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The esoteric origins of the American renaissance [[electronic resource] /] / Arthur Versluis



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Autore: Versluis Arthur <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The esoteric origins of the American renaissance [[electronic resource] /] / Arthur Versluis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 810.9/37
Soggetto topico: American literature - European influences
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Occultism in literature
Occultism - United States - History - 19th century
Transcendentalism (New England)
Soggetto geografico: United States Intellectual life 19th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The esoteric origins of the American renaissance  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-773903-2
1-280-48108-0
0-19-535004-9
1-4237-6228-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784835603321
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