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In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture of the time, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and...
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A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including “Nature,” “Self-Reliance,” “Love,” and “Art.” Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous essay “Nature” declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for transcendentalism. His legacy of boldly questioning the doctrine of his day and connecting with nature will resonate with today’s readers in search...
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IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 21
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From the publisher. Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth, and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition traces the sources of Thoreau's reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and sense of history -- social, economic, and...
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An instructional memoir, The Unbound Soul is the true story of a young boy's spiritual vision and his subsequent trek across the globe in search of truth. Tormented by visions of coming worldwide economic, social and ecological collapse, he presses ever onward in his search and eventually realizes the elusive truth of awakening. Through The Unbound Soul, Richard L. Haight reveals the understanding that transforms your life and provides a unique meditation...
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Hall family chronicles volume 1
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[1962]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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Edward and Eleanor explore their rickety old-fashioned and sometimes mysterious house, trying to find a treasure to pay the back taxes.
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c2006
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Explores the social, cultural, and historical contexts of American literature in the first half of the 19th century, when social reform movements, international upheavals, and a rapidly expanding frontier combined to shape the literary identity of the new United States. Authors discussed include Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau,...
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2021.
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"When the pandemic struck, nature writer David Gessner turned to Henry David Thoreau, the original social distancer, for lessons on how to live. Those lessons-of learning our own backyard, rewilding, loving nature, self-reliance, and civil disobedience-hold a secret that could help save us as we face the greater crisis of climate"--
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2004
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"Life at Brook Farm resembled an Arcadian adventure, in which the days began with the choir singing Mozart and Haydn and ended with drama and dancing. But how accurate is this image? In the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Sterling Delano reveals a surprisingly grim side to paradise as the Brook Farmers faced relentless financial pressures, a declining faith in their leaders, and smoldering...
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[2018]
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This book documents the spirit of Transcendentalism, the literary and philosophical movement that arose in the mid-19th century. While the circle of Transcendentalists in New England was wide, at its center was a core group that lived in Concord, Massachusetts. Bronson Alcott and daughter Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau lived within a few miles of each other for nearly 20 years, regularly meeting...
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