Bright Circle tells a little-known story of five women who contributed to the literary and philosophical movement known as transcendentalism and, in the process, inaugurated what became the feminist movement. The book relies on little-known letters, journals, and writings of women who have largely remained unknown to the broader public.
Bright Circle tells a little-known story of five women who contributed to the literary and philosophical movement known as transcendentalism and, in the process, inaugurated what became the feminist movement. The book relies on little-known letters, journals, and writings of women who have largely remained unknown to the broader public.
Randall Fuller is the Herman Melville Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. His books include Emerson's Ghosts: Literature, Politics, and the Making of Americanists (OUP 2007); From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature (OUP, 2011); and a New York Times "notable book," The Book that Changed America: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation (Viking 2017). He is the recipient of the Christian Gauss Award for best literary criticism, two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Bright Circle 1: Mary Moody Emerson Among the Stars 2: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody at 13 West Street 3: Sophia Peabody in Cuba 4: Lydia Emerson's Marriage of Heaven and Hell 5: The Tempests of Margaret Fuller Epilogue: Circles Acknowledgments Abbreviations Bibliographic Essay Notes
Introduction: Bright Circle 1: Mary Moody Emerson Among the Stars 2: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody at 13 West Street 3: Sophia Peabody in Cuba 4: Lydia Emerson's Marriage of Heaven and Hell 5: The Tempests of Margaret Fuller Epilogue: Circles Acknowledgments Abbreviations Bibliographic Essay Notes
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