American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism
by Dean Grodzins
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Author: Dean GrodzinsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-25
ISBN: 080782710X
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
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Book Review: The Forgotten Transcendentalist
Summary: 5 Stars
Transcendentalism has never been easy to define, all the more so because its two most well-known adherents, Emerson and Thoreau, were highly poetic souls who had much better uses for their rhetoric than in crafting creeds or clear-cut manifestoes. It is a pleasure then to read Grodzins' biography of Theodore Parker, in whose life and work we can see more clearly the philosophical and personal dramas that played themselves out within the Unitarian Church in regard to its Transcendentalist sympathizers - in particular, the attempts of one Transcendentalist to define his views against the charges of Deism. Religion is a key concern for Transcendentalism, though in Emerson and Thoreau there is no sense that organized religion can play a key role in the individual's enlightenment. Parker remained in the Church as he struggled to know and preach Truth, and gained a large following. Our understanding of Transcendentalism is eminently richer for our appreciation of his struggle.
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A biography of Theodore Parker--Unitarian minister, social reformer, and, next to Ralph Waldo Emerson, perhaps the most important American Transcendentalist.General Books
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