Emerson, romanticism, and intuitive reason

By Patrick J. Keane

Subjects: Knowledge, Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882, Intuition in literature, Literature, Reason in literature, Romanticism, united states, Transcendentalism, Criticism and interpretation, Romanticism, Knowledge and learning, American literature, German influences, Transcendentalism (New England), English influences

Description: "Comparative study in transatlantic Romanticism that traces the links between German idealism, British Romanticism (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Carlyle), and American Transcendentalism. Focuses on Emerson's development and use of the concept of intuitive Reason, which became the intellectual and emotional foundation of American Transcendentalism"--Provided by publisher.