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The Emerson Circle: The Concord Radicals Who Reinvented The World
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A Lively And Captivating Journey Through The World Of The Transcendentalists, AmericaS First Group Of Public Intellectuals, Whose Visionary Ideas Reinvented Our Culture And Politics And Remain An Inspiration Today.An Impeccable And Often Dazzling BehindTheScenes Look At The Concord Iconoclasts Clustered Around Emerson Who Helped Define What It Means To Be An American Original. Douglas Brinkleyin The 1840S, America Was A Land Of Utopian Promise, And Nowhere Captured This Spirit Of Possibility Better Than Concord, Massachusetts. At The Heart Of This Intellectual And Cultural Revolution Was Ralph Waldo Emerson, A National Celebrity Who Brought Together A Circle Of Bold And Creative Free Thinkers. In The Emerson Circle, Bruce Nichols Delivers A Fascinating Narrative Of This Transformative Era, Breathing Life Into The Friendships And Philosophies That Comprised The Titanic Intellectual Energy Of This American Renaissance.Concord WasnT Just A Town; It Was A Crucible Of Innovation And Reform. Luminaries Such As Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, And Henry David Thoreau Gathered There, United By Ideas That Would Shape The Nation. Nichols Recreates This Vibrant World, Packed With Brilliant Conversations, Emotional Correspondences, And The Essays, Novels, Speeches, And Poetry That Forever Marked And Changed American Culture. Along The Way, He Shares Intimate, Surprising DetailsThoreauS Frustration With Emerson, HawthorneS Intense Shyness Masking Deep Love And HateThat Make These Iconic Figures Human.This Book Captures A Forgotten Utopian Moment In Our History. Anything Seemed Possible: Abolishing Property, Money, And Marriage, Not Just Slavery; Granting Equal Rights To Women; Eating Vegan Diets; Banning Alcohol And Caffeine. These Men And Women Turned Away From The Bible In Favor Of The Natural World And Science, And They Inspired Our Greatest Early Writers To Create Their Most Original And Lasting Works.With Vivid Storytelling And ThoughtProvoking Insights, Bruce Nichols Invites Us To Reimagine The Power Of Ideas To Change The WorldJust As Emerson And His Circle Did Nearly Two Centuries Ago.
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