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American transcendentalism and Asian religions / Arthur Versluis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Versluis, Arthur, 1959- author.
- Series:
- Religion in America series.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Religion in America series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transcendentalism (New England).
- Asia--Religion--Influence.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study of the relationship between American transcendentalism and the Asian religions traces the history of the transcendentalist movement in the USA and the profound influence of Orientalism on the movement.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Introduction: Transcendentalism and the Orient; 2. Predecessors: The First Meetings of East and West; 3. Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, and the Orient; 4. The Dissenters: Melville and Brownson; 5. The Ambience: Orientalism in General-Interest American Magazines; 6. Ambience and Embodiment of Transcendental Dreams; 7. Transcendentalist Periodicals and the Orient; 8. Patterns in Literary Religion: The Orient and the Second Cycle of Transcendentalism; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773816-8
- 1-280-44251-4
- 0-19-536037-0
- 1-4237-6477-3
- OCLC:
- 466423987
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