Visibility beyond the Visible

The Poetic Discourse of American Transcendentalism
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-420-3556-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 196, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Costerus New Series

Visibility beyond the Visible. The Poetic Discourse of American Transcendentalism is the first study to entirely deal with the poetics of American Transcendentalism. The author takes it for granted that the major New England transcendentalists were writers of utmost literary significance and so focuses thoroughly on their extremely rich and many-sided poetic discourse. The book’s inevitable European perspective only enhances its preoccupation with the Americanness of the New England Transcendentalists, thus making it emphasize, in all the aspects of its concern, the uniqueness of the interrelation between place-sense and artistry which the transcendentalists’ writings offer. Because most of these writings hold iconic stature as American masterpieces, both scholars and lay readers will welcome Visibility beyond the Visible. The Poetic Discourse of American Transcendentalism as opening novel horizons for greater insights, deeper understandings, and further exploration of the poetic complexities of Emerson’s, Thoreau’s, M. Fuller’s, and their co-thinkers’ work.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Core Tenets of American Transcendentalism
The New England Identity of the Term
Puritanism and Eighteenth-Century Rationalism
Unitarianism and Transcendentalism
The Emphasis on Inspiration in Transcendental Aesthetics
Transcendentalism: Poetic-Religious Practice and Way of Life
Transcendentalism and Romanticism
The New England Horizons of Post-Kantianism: Emerson
The Vision of the New England Transcendentalist: Thoreau
The Enchantment of the Voyage Back: Margaret Fuller
Transcendentalism: A Creed of Self and Nature
Traditions and Individual Talent: Emerson and Thoreau
Life as Vocation
Homocentrism and Ecocentrism
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Albena Bakratcheva is Professor of American Literature at New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria. She is member of The Thoreau Society U.S.A. and Executive Council member of the International American Studies Association (IASA). Her work includes: Similarities in Divergences (1995), Potentialities of Discourse (1997), Visibility Beyond the Visible (Bulg., 2007), The Call of the Green (2009).