Philothea
Subtitle: or, Plato against Epicurus : a novel of the Transcendental Movement in New England
By: by Lydia Maria Child ; with an analysis of background and meaning for the Community of Emerson and Thoreau by Kenneth Walter Cameron.
Contributors: Cameron, Kenneth Walter, 1908-; Wright, Frances, 1795-1852.
Publisher: Transcendental Books
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Hartford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Transcendentalism (New England) -- Fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Genesis and backgrounds of Mrs. Child's Philothea.; title: Notes on two hellenic romances.; title: A few days in Athens (in twelve chapters: London, 1822).; title: Defining the American transcendental novel.; title: Philothea (1836): title page, dedication and preface.; title: Philothea (1845): the complete romance.; title: Thoreau's extracts from Philothea made during his senior year at Harvard.; title: A few days in Athens (with chapters XIII through XVI: London, 1835).; title: Liberal publications marketed with Fanny Wright's book.; title: Higginson, T. W. Lydia Maria Child: a biographical chapter.; title: Cornelius Conway Felton on Philothea in the North American review.; title: Edgar Allan Poe on Philothea in the Southern literary messenger.