Visibility beyond the visible : the poetic discourse of American transcendentalism / Albena Bakratcheva ; [translated by Olga Nikolova].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakracheva, Albena.

Contributor:

Nikolova, Olga.

Series:

Costerus New Series 196.

Costerus, 0165-9618 ; new series, 196

Standardized Title:

Vidimost otvud vidimoto. English

Видимост отвъд видимото. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--New England--19th century--History and criticism.

Transcendentalism in literature.

Transcendentalism (New England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Visibility beyond the Visible. The Poetic Discourse of American Transcendentalism is the first study to entirely deal with the poetics of American Transcendentalism. The author takes it for granted that the major New England transcendentalists were writers of utmost literary significance and so focuses thoroughly on their extremely rich and many-sided poetic discourse. The book’s inevitable European perspective only enhances its preoccupation with the Americanness of the New England Transcendentalists, thus making it emphasize, in all the aspects of its concern, the uniqueness of the interrelation between place-sense and artistry which the transcendentalists’ writings offer. Because most of these writings hold iconic stature as American masterpieces, both scholars and lay readers will welcome Visibility beyond the Visible. The Poetic Discourse of American Transcendentalism as opening novel horizons for greater insights, deeper understandings, and further exploration of the poetic complexities of Emerson’s, Thoreau’s, M. Fuller’s, and their co-thinkers’ work.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Bakratcheva Albena

THE NEW ENGLAND IDENTITY OF THE TERM / Bakratcheva Albena

PURITANISM AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RATIONALISM / Bakratcheva Albena

UNITARIANISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM / Bakratcheva Albena

THE EMPHASIS ON INSPIRATION IN TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETICS / Bakratcheva Albena

TRANSCENDENTALISM: POETIC-RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND WAY OF LIFE / Bakratcheva Albena

THE NEW ENGLAND HORIZONS OF POST-KANTIANISM: EMERSON / Bakratcheva Albena

THE VISION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TRANSCENDENTALIST: THOREAU / Bakratcheva Albena

THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE VOYAGE BACK: MARGARET FULLER / Bakratcheva Albena

TRADITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL TALENT: EMERSON AND THOREAU / Bakratcheva Albena

LIFE AS VOCATION / Bakratcheva Albena

HOMOCENTRISM AND ECOCENTRISM / Bakratcheva Albena

BIBLIOGRAPHY / Bakratcheva Albena

INDEX / Bakratcheva Albena.

Notes:

Translation of: Vidimost otvŭd vidimoto : khudozhestvenii︠a︡t diskurs na amerikanskii︠a︡ transt︠s︡edentalizŭm.

Translation of: Видимост отвъд видимото : художественият дискурс на американския трансцедентализъм.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-258) and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0831-X

OCLC:

855504854

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401208314 DOI