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Buell's research interests include the following: Rethinking U. S. Literature in a Globalizing World, Discourses of Literature and Environment, Theory of National Fiction, Transmutations of Genre in Anglophone Writing, Literature and/of Friendship. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. ", "Lawrence Buell's Literary Transcendentalism is one of the best studies of the literature of the American renaissance to appear in quite some time; it takes what might well be thought academy-worn subjects and says interesting and suggestive things about them.

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Buell finds that truth and beauty are two sides of the same transcendental coin, and this perception shapes a very fine book. The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics), Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul, The Essential Margaret Fuller by Margaret Fuller (American Women Writers), Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (Penguin Classics).

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He is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Dream of the Great American Novel. Literary Transcendentalism: Style and Vision in the American Renaissance.

"Lawrence Buell's Literary Transcendentalism is one of the best studies of the literature of the American renaissance to appear in quite some time; it takes what might well be thought academy-worn subjects and says interesting and suggestive things about them. Buell finds that truth and beauty are two sides of the same transcendental coin, and this perception shapes a very fine book. Book Description: Broader in scope than any previous literary study of the transcendentalists, this rewarding book analyzes the theories and forms characteristic of a vital group of American writers, as well as the principles and vision underlying transcendentalism. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.