Polly's review
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
by Susan Cheever
great review polly - i love your honest and intelligent insight. interesting comparisons for rough stone rolling - as in my opinion spiritual truths were revealed to other american intellects at that time to add inspiration to society at large! i have often felt deeply spirituality while reading emerson and certainly parts of thoreau's walden. certainly transcendentalism was/is imperative to some saints conversions.
fun to discuss this way even if i would rather have time for breakfast with you ;) have a good day! ~ jen
Polly's review
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever
Polly's review
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I found this time period and place very interesting. The people involved and how they influenced each other created quite an amazing community. It was interesting to me to realize that this was taking place simultaneous to the events detailed in Rough Stone Rolling, which I am also reading. The narrator was too intrusive for me, and I disliked her tendency to suggest more than she could prove. The insinuated love affairs were a bit melodramatic compared with any actual evidence. Looking at the footnotes, she often quotes someone else's research instead of the original source. I'm glad I read the book and would like to learn more on the subject.
great review polly - i love your honest and intelligent insight. interesting comparisons for rough stone rolling - as in my opinion spiritual truths were revealed to other american intellects at that time to add inspiration to society at large! i have often felt deeply spirituality while reading emerson and certainly parts of thoreau's walden. certainly transcendentalism was/is imperative to some saints conversions. fun to discuss this way even if i would rather have time for breakfast with you ;) have a good day! ~ jen
