The esoteric origins of the American renaissance / Arthur Versluis.
The esoteric origins of the American renaissance / Arthur Versluis.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N810.937/1
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English
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234 p. ; 24 cm.
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 Eso...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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Thus he demonstrates that Alcott and Emerson were indebted to Hermeticism, Christian theosophy, and Neoplatonism; Fuller to alchemy and Rosicrucianism; Hawthorne to alchemy; and Melville to Gnosticism. In addition to offering a detailed analysis of the esoteric elements in the writings of figures from the American Renaissance, Versluis presents an...
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The esoteric origins of the American renaissance / Arthur Versluis.
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Includes bibliographical references (217-230) and index.
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N810.937/1
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0195138872 (acid-free paper)
9780195138870 (acid-free paper)
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810.937
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991019141639702626
