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## The first book devoted to Coleridge’s influence on Emerson and the development of American Transcendentalism As Samantha C. Harvey demonstrates, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s thought galvanized Emerson at a pivotal moment in his intellectual development in the years 1826-1836, giving him new ways to harmonize the Romantic triad of nature, spirit, and humanity. Emerson did not think __about__ Coleridge: he thought __with__ Coleridge, resulting in a unique case of assimilative influence. In addition to examining his specific literary, philosophical, and theological influences on Emerson, this book reveals Coleridge’s centrality for Boston Transcendentalism and Vermont Transcendentalism, a movement which profoundly affected the development of modern higher education, the national press, and the emergence of Pragmatism. ## Key Features * Illuminates how the emerging field of transatlantic studies has opened new circulatory spaces to reconsider the relationship between Coleridge and Emerson * Asserts Coleridge as the single most important influence on Emerson’s early essays * Examines the centrality of nature in the dynamic context of Transatlantic Romanticism * Highlights the essential

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Author

Samantha C. Harvey

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780748681365

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction