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Thoreau and the Transcendentalists

Lowell, James Russell. "Thoreau and the Transcendentalists." New York Saturday Press. 28 Oct. 1865: 197-199.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
essay
Abstract: 

Emerson and Carlyle are discussed for their contribution to Transcendentalism; however the focus is on the works of Henry David Thoreau. His thoughts and works project an intellectual selfishness and superiority to the world.