The Concord School of Philosophy and the Legacy of Transcendentalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16308203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce A Ronda (Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), corresponding author), Bruce Ronda (Bruce Ronda is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Colorado State University. His publications include The Letters of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American Renaissance Woman (Wesleyan University Press, 1984), Intellect and Spirit: The Life and Work of Robert Coles (Crossroads/Continuum, 1989), Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: A Reformer on Her Own Terms (Harvard University Press, 1999), and Reading the Old Man: John Brown in American Culture (University of Tennessee Press, 2008). He is currently...) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 575-607 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/tneq.2009.82.4.575 |
| OpenAlex | W2098532680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
During its ten summer sessions (1879–88), the Concord School of Philosophy attracted hundreds of attendees who, for intellectual improvement and a glimpse of aging transcendentalists, endured lectures on the classics, philosophy, and comparative religions. This essay explores reporters', attendees', and school leaders' attitudes toward transcendentalism, suggesting why the school sought to downplay the antebellum movement's radical implications
Sociology · Classics · History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Thoreau and American Literature
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |