| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in religion and culture
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Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
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| Summary |
"This book considers the fundamental role that religious experience at times played in shaping nineteenth-century American approaches to natural space. By tracing the ways that Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Vachel Lindsay all variously responded to the philosophy and theosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg, Zuber illuminates the complex dynamic that came to unfold between the religious, the literary, and the ecological"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Planetary pictures -- Psychogeographies of heaven and hell -- Radical correspondence: Emerson's ray of relation -- Heralds of a new gospel: John Muir and the San Francisco Swedenborgians -- Homes for herons: the eco-aesthetics of Sarah Orne Jewett and George Inness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772 -- Influence.
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Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772. |
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Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772 -- Influence. |
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Environmentalism -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Environmentalism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zuber, Devin P., 1978- Language of things. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019 9780813943503 (DLC) 2019015592 |
| ISBN |
9780813943527 (electronic book) |
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0813943523 (electronic book) |
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9780813943503 (hardcover) |
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0813943507 (hardcover) |
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