George Ripley
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| - | :''[[19th century American literature ]]'' | + | *[[George Ripley (alchemist)]] (died 1490), English author and alchemist |
| - | [[American literature]] developed in the beginning of the [[19th century literature|19th century]], with a number of key new literary figures, most prominently [[Washington Irving]], [[William Cullen Bryant]], [[James Fenimore Cooper]], and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. Irving wrote humorous works in ''[[Salmagundi]]'' and the well-known satire ''[[A History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker]]'' (1809). Bryant wrote early romantic and nature-inspired poetry, which evolved away from their European origins. In 1832, Poe began writing short stories -- including "[[The Masque of the Red Death]]," "[[The Pit and the Pendulum]]," "[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]," and "[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]" -- that explore previously hidden levels of human psychology and push the boundaries of fiction toward [[mystery fiction|mystery]] and [[fantasy]]. Cooper's [[Leatherstocking]] tales about [[Natty Bumppo]] were popular both in the new country and abroad. | + | *[[George Ripley (transcendentalist)]] (1802–1880), American social reformer, Unitarian minister and journalist |
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| - | In 1836, [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] (1803-1882), an ex-minister, published a startling nonfiction work called ''Nature'', in which he claimed it was possible to dispense with organized religion and reach a lofty spiritual state by studying and responding to the natural world. His work influenced not only the writers who gathered around him, forming a movement known as [[Transcendentalism]], but also the public, who heard him lecture. | + | |
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| - | Emerson's most gifted fellow-thinker was perhaps [[Henry David Thoreau]] (1817-1862), a resolute nonconformist. After living mostly by himself for two years in a cabin by a wooded pond, Thoreau wrote ''[[Walden]]'', a book-length memoir that urges resistance to the meddlesome dictates of organized society. His radical writings express a deep-rooted tendency toward individualism in the American character. Other writers influenced by Transcendentalism were [[Bronson Alcott]], [[Margaret Fuller]], [[George Ripley]], [[Orestes Brownson]], and [[Jones Very]]. | + | |
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| - | The political conflict surrounding [[Abolitionism]] inspired the writings of [[William Lloyd Garrison]] and his paper ''[[The Liberator]]'', along with poet [[John Greenleaf Whittier]] and [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] in her world-famous ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''. | + | |
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George Ripley may refer to:
- George Ripley (alchemist) (died 1490), English author and alchemist
- George Ripley (transcendentalist) (1802–1880), American social reformer, Unitarian minister and journalist
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