Joel Myerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of South Carolina. An authority on Transcendentalism and textual and bibliographical studies, Professor Myerson has written, edited, co-authored, or co-edited some fifty books. Laura Walls is John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina. Her most recent book is Passage to Cosmos: Humboldt's American Horizons (University of Chicago Press, 2009). Sandra Harbert Petrulionis is Professor of English and American Studies at Penn State--Altoona.

susbtantial contribution to scholarship

• INTRODUCTION; 1. TRANSCENDENTAL CONTEXTS; K. P. VAN ANGLEN; ROBIN GREY; ALAN HODDER; FRANK SHUFFELTON; DEAN GRODZINS; MICHAEL ZISER; BARBARA L. PACKER; RONALD J. ZBORAY AND MARY SARACINO ZBORAY; 2. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; LEN GOUGEON; WESLEY T. MOTT; LANCE NEWMAN; LAWRENCE BUELL; JOSHUA DAVID BELLIN; SANDRA HARBERT PETRULIONIS; PHYLLIS COLE; MARY LAMB SHELDEN; STERLING F. DELANO; 3. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A LITERARY MOVEMENT; ED FOLSOM; ROBERT SATTELMEYER; ROBERT N. HUDSPETH; SUSAN L. ROBERSON; KENT P. LJUNGQUIST; NOELLE A. BAKER; TODD H. RICHARDSON; SUSAN BELASCO; JEFFREY STEELE; BARBARA L. PACKER; PHILIP F. GURA; ROBERT D. HABICH; 4. TRANSCENDENTALISM AND THE OTHER ARTS; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; SEAN ROSS MEEHAN; W. BARKSDALE MAYNARD; ORA FRISHBERG SALOMAN; 5. VARIETIES OF TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE; RONALD A. BOSCO; ROBERT J. SCHOLNICK; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; ELIZABETH ADDISON; PHILIP CAFARO; LAWRENCE F. RHU; ERIC G. WILSON; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; WILLIAM ROSSI; RICHARD KOPLEY; 6. TRANSCENDENTAL AFTERLIVES; DAVID M. ROBINSON; LINCK JOHNSON; ROBERT E. BURKHOLDER; LESLIE PERRIN WILSON; SAUNDRA MORRIS; AMY E. EARHART; APPENDICES; CHRONOLOGY; JOEL MYERSON; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; JOEL MYERSON; INDEX

Joel Myerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of South Carolina. An authority on Transcendentalism and textual and bibliographical studies, Professor Myerson has written, edited, co-authored, or co-edited some fifty books. Laura Walls is John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina. Her most recent book is Passage to Cosmos: Humboldt's American Horizons (University of Chicago Press, 2009). Sandra Harbert Petrulionis is Professor of English and American Studies at Penn State--Altoona.

susbtantial contribution to scholarship

• INTRODUCTION; 1. TRANSCENDENTAL CONTEXTS; K. P. VAN ANGLEN; ROBIN GREY; ALAN HODDER; FRANK SHUFFELTON; DEAN GRODZINS; MICHAEL ZISER; BARBARA L. PACKER; RONALD J. ZBORAY AND MARY SARACINO ZBORAY; 2. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; LEN GOUGEON; WESLEY T. MOTT; LANCE NEWMAN; LAWRENCE BUELL; JOSHUA DAVID BELLIN; SANDRA HARBERT PETRULIONIS; PHYLLIS COLE; MARY LAMB SHELDEN; STERLING F. DELANO; 3. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A LITERARY MOVEMENT; ED FOLSOM; ROBERT SATTELMEYER; ROBERT N. HUDSPETH; SUSAN L. ROBERSON; KENT P. LJUNGQUIST; NOELLE A. BAKER; TODD H. RICHARDSON; SUSAN BELASCO; JEFFREY STEELE; BARBARA L. PACKER; PHILIP F. GURA; ROBERT D. HABICH; 4. TRANSCENDENTALISM AND THE OTHER ARTS; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; SEAN ROSS MEEHAN; W. BARKSDALE MAYNARD; ORA FRISHBERG SALOMAN; 5. VARIETIES OF TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE; RONALD A. BOSCO; ROBERT J. SCHOLNICK; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; ELIZABETH ADDISON; PHILIP CAFARO; LAWRENCE F. RHU; ERIC G. WILSON; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; WILLIAM ROSSI; RICHARD KOPLEY; 6. TRANSCENDENTAL AFTERLIVES; DAVID M. ROBINSON; LINCK JOHNSON; ROBERT E. BURKHOLDER; LESLIE PERRIN WILSON; SAUNDRA MORRIS; AMY E. EARHART; APPENDICES; CHRONOLOGY; JOEL MYERSON; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; JOEL MYERSON; INDEX

Joel Myerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of South Carolina. An authority on Transcendentalism and textual and bibliographical studies, Professor Myerson has written, edited, co-authored, or co-edited some fifty books. Laura Walls is John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina. Her most recent book is Passage to Cosmos: Humboldt's American Horizons (University of Chicago Press, 2009). Sandra Harbert Petrulionis is Professor of English and American Studies at Penn State--Altoona.

susbtantial contribution to scholarship

• INTRODUCTION; 1. TRANSCENDENTAL CONTEXTS; K. P. VAN ANGLEN; ROBIN GREY; ALAN HODDER; FRANK SHUFFELTON; DEAN GRODZINS; MICHAEL ZISER; BARBARA L. PACKER; RONALD J. ZBORAY AND MARY SARACINO ZBORAY; 2. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; LEN GOUGEON; WESLEY T. MOTT; LANCE NEWMAN; LAWRENCE BUELL; JOSHUA DAVID BELLIN; SANDRA HARBERT PETRULIONIS; PHYLLIS COLE; MARY LAMB SHELDEN; STERLING F. DELANO; 3. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A LITERARY MOVEMENT; ED FOLSOM; ROBERT SATTELMEYER; ROBERT N. HUDSPETH; SUSAN L. ROBERSON; KENT P. LJUNGQUIST; NOELLE A. BAKER; TODD H. RICHARDSON; SUSAN BELASCO; JEFFREY STEELE; BARBARA L. PACKER; PHILIP F. GURA; ROBERT D. HABICH; 4. TRANSCENDENTALISM AND THE OTHER ARTS; ALBERT J. VON FRANK; SEAN ROSS MEEHAN; W. BARKSDALE MAYNARD; ORA FRISHBERG SALOMAN; 5. VARIETIES OF TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE; RONALD A. BOSCO; ROBERT J. SCHOLNICK; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; ELIZABETH ADDISON; PHILIP CAFARO; LAWRENCE F. RHU; ERIC G. WILSON; LAURA DASSOW WALLS; WILLIAM ROSSI; RICHARD KOPLEY; 6. TRANSCENDENTAL AFTERLIVES; DAVID M. ROBINSON; LINCK JOHNSON; ROBERT E. BURKHOLDER; LESLIE PERRIN WILSON; SAUNDRA MORRIS; AMY E. EARHART; APPENDICES; CHRONOLOGY; JOEL MYERSON; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; JOEL MYERSON; INDEX