{"product_id":"the-transcendentalists","title":"The Transcendentalists","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara L. Packers long essay \"The Transcendentalists\" is widely acknowledged by scholars of nineteenth-century American literary history as the best-written  most comprehensive treatment to date of Transcendentalism. Previously existing only as part of a volume in the magisterial Cambridge History of American Literature  it will now be available for the first time in a stand-alone edition.  Packer presents Transcendentalism as a living movement  evolving out of such origins as New England Unitarianism and finding early inspiration in European Romanticism. Transcendentalism changed religious beliefs  philosophical ideas  literary styles  and political allegiances. In addition  it was a social movement whose members collaborated on projects and formed close personal ties. Transcendentalism contains vigorous thought and expression throughout  says Packer; only a study of the entire movement can explain its continuing sway over American thought.  Through fresh readings of both the essential Transcendentalist texts and the best current scholarship  Packer conveys the movements genuine expectations that its radical spirituality not only would lead to personal perfection but also would inspire solutions to such national problems as slavery and disfranchisement. Here is Transcendentalism in whole  with Emerson  Thoreau  and Fuller restored to their place alongside such contemporaries as Bronson Alcott  George Ripley  Jones Very  Theodore Parker  James Freeman Clarke  Orestes Brownson  and Frederick Henry Hedge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946037964853,"sku":"ByrdShop_0820329584","price":40.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780820329581_e1f076d7-aa3f-4fb9-902d-4f1663280323.jpg?v=1770623476","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-transcendentalists","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}