The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance.

By: Versluis, ArthurMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195350043Subject(s): American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | American literature -- European influences | Occultism -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Occultism in literature | Transcendentalism (New England) | United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Esoteric Origins of the American RenaissanceDDC classification: 810.9383 LOC classification: PS217.O33 -- V47 2001ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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 Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The term Western esotericism refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic. Theearly presence of esotericism in North America has not been much studied, and even less so the indebtedness to esotericism of some major American literary figures. In this book, Arthur Versluis breaks new ground, showing that many writers of the so-called American Renaissance drew extensively onand were inspired by Western esoteric currents.
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Intro -- 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 Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The term Western esotericism refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic. Theearly presence of esotericism in North America has not been much studied, and even less so the indebtedness to esotericism of some major American literary figures. In this book, Arthur Versluis breaks new ground, showing that many writers of the so-called American Renaissance drew extensively onand were inspired by Western esoteric currents.

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