American heretic : Theodore Parker and transcendentalism / Dean Grodzins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grodzins, Dean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transcendentalism.

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

Parker, Theodore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (657 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theodore Parker was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and Jesus, a brilliant scholar, an agitator for women's rights, an abolitionist and one of the intellectuals who shaped transcendentalism. This account covers hidden facets of his life as well as his public profile.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Note on Transcription; 1. This World of Joys and Sorrows; 2. An Immense Change in My Opinions; 3. Period of Disappointment; 4. I Preach Abundant Heresies; 5. All the Force of Transcendentalism That Is in Me; 6. Absolute Religion; Section of Illustrations; 7. I Can Stand Alone; 8. Recovery, Observation, and Thought; 9. Shut In for My Own Good; 10. The Ashes of My Success; Afterword: A Long, Long Warfare Opens before Me; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-610) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872296

9780807862049

0807862045

OCLC:

476236804