Philothea : or, Plato against Epicurus : a novel of the Transcendental Movement in New England /
Child, Lydia Maria,1802-1880.
Cameron, Kenneth Walter,1908-
Wright, Frances,1795-1852.Few days in Athens, 1975.
Hartford : Transcendental Books,
c1975.
Includes bibliographical references.
Genesis and backgrounds of Mrs. Child's Philothea.--Notes on two hellenic romances.--A few days in Athens (in twelve chapters: London, 1822).--Defining the American transcendental novel.--Philothea (1836): title page, dedication and preface.--Philothea (1845): the complete romance.--Thoreau's extracts from Philothea made during his senior year at Harvard.--A few days in Athens (with chapters XIII through XVI: London, 1835).--Liberal publications marketed with Fanny Wright's book.--Higginson, T. W. Lydia Maria Child: a biographical chapter.--Cornelius Conway Felton on Philothea in the North American review.--Edgar Allan Poe on Philothea in the Southern literary messenger.
Transcendalism (New England