Alcott, Amos Bronson
(Wolcott, Conn. 1799-1888 Concord, Mass.) : Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Pädagoge
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Alcott, Bronson
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Literature : Occident : United States of America
Chronology Entries (1)
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| 1 | 1831-1851 |
Alcott, Amos Bronson. Journal. 1831-1851 1831 Alcott read the first time about Orientalism in the libraries of Philadelphia. Jan. 25, 1849 After Alcott had met Emerson and Thoreau, he had become a lover of the Orientals. 1849 Alcott was reading and collecting material for the course. He consulted Ten great religions by James Freeman Clarke. March 1849 Alcott planned a series of public conversations on the teachings of the Oriental sages. March 17, 1849 Sunday readings and conversations. Mr. A. Bronson Alcott will give the first of several Readings from the Sacred books of mankind, with interpretations and original teachings. March 24, 1849 Oriental readings : list of authors to be sought at the Athenaeum. Collier's four books of Confucius, History of China (by the Jesuit), The kings of Confucius, The Vedas, The Saama Vedas, Vishnu Parana, Saadi, Firdusi, The Zendavesta, The Koran. Aug. 1849 Mankind library : the Sacred Scriptures, with mythological and biographical elucidation, first collected and edited : being the lives, works and times of Moses, Confucius, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Christ, Mahomet, Behmen, Swedenborg. Mythology : Hebrew and Egyptian, Oriental and Indian, Greek and Roman, Christian and Cosmic. 11 Febr. 1851 I brought from the Athenaeum, this afternoon, for my Readings, Marshman's Confucius, containing the life of Confucius and translation of the Lun Gnee or Dialogues, being the third of the Four classical books of the Chinese. Also from Burnham's The phoenix a collection of ancient fragments, The morals of Confucius, The oracles of Zoroaster etc. 24 Febr. 1851 Admission cards Athenaeum : Admit to Mr. Alcott's conversations on the poets and philosophers. I. Hermes Trismegistus ; II. Zoroaster ; III. Confucius ; IV. Saadi ; V. Aeschylus ; VI. Pythagoras ; VII. Socrates ; VIII. Plato ; IX. Jesus Christ ; X. Dante ; XI. Behmen ; XII. Shakespeare ; XIII. Milton ; XIV. Swedenborg ; XV. Goethe. The readings will be held on Monday evenings, No 7, Montgomery Place, and will commence Feb. 24, at 71/2 o'clock. Boston, February, 1851. |
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Secondary Literature (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1932 | Christy, Arthur. The Orient in American transcendentalism : a study of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott. (New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, 1932). | Publication / THD16 |