Our Common Dwelling - Henry Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and the Class Politics of Nature (Paperback, 1st ed. 2005)

OurCommonDwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s. When the New England Transcendentalists spiritualized nature, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the region's industrializing cities. Their goal was to find a secular foundation for their social authority as an intellectual elite. New England Transcendentalism engages with works by William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others. The works of these great authors, interpreted in historical context, show that both environmental exploitation and conscious love of nature co-evolved as part of the historical development of American capitalism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Lance Newman
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
Edition:	1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-53022-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	1-349-53022-0
Barcode:	9781349530229

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