The New England Transcendentalists: Life of the Mind and of the Spirit (Perspectives on History Series)

New England Transcendalists gives readers insight into the idealism and romanticism running through 19th century Transcendentalist philosophy, thought, and spirituality and into the movement's critique of the materialist and rationalist culture of the time. This volume introduces the reader to Transcendentalism through excerpts from the writings of Transcendentalist movement members such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Walt Whitman.Hansen, Ellen is the author of 'The New England Transcendentalists: Life of the Mind and of the Spirit (Perspectives on History Series)', published 2006 under ISBN 9781932663174 and ISBN 1932663177.