Our Common Dwelling Henry Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and the Class Politics of Nature |
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| Author:
| Newman, Lance |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4039-6779-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $208.95 |
Book Description:
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Our Common Dwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s, showing that when the Transcendentalists spiritualized the landscape, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the industrializing cities of New England.
Our Common Dwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s, showing that when the Transcendentalists spiritualized the landscape, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the industrializing cities of New England.