Project Gutenberg 2005-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 82 Curtis, George William 1824 1892 Cooke, George Willis 1848 1923 Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm and Concord Early Letters of George William Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm and Concord Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, Beth Trapaga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight: Brook Farm and Concord" edited by George Willis Cooke is a collection of correspondence from the early 19th century. The letters provide insights into the lives and thoughts of George William Curtis and his brother Burrill during their formative years at Brook Farm, an experiment in communal living and transcendental philosophy, as well as their interactions with influential figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and John S. Dwight. At the start of this compilation, the reader is introduced to Curtis's background, including his education and the strong bond with his brother, as well as their admiration for Emerson. The letters explore Curtis's feelings and experiences while attending the Brook Farm community, highlighting interactions with various residents, the nature of their education, and their participation in the society’s unique blend of labor, study, and cultural activities. Curtis’s initial enthusiasm for the transcendentalist ideas and the vibrant social life at Brook Farm is evident; however, he also maintains a degree of critical distance from some of the community's ideals, indicating a nuanced perspective on the experiment. This opening portion lays the groundwork for understanding not only Curtis’s personal journey but also the broader cultural and intellectual currents of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 -- Correspondence Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893 -- Correspondence PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature 431748 431632 2024-10-04T06:27:27.986475 2023-10-04T06:32:12.479318 text/html text/html 431741 431625 2024-10-04T06:27:28.352283 2023-10-04T06:32:12.668314 text/html text/html 276629 2024-10-04T06:27:38.458240 application/epub+zip 282353 2024-10-04T06:27:32.905256 application/epub+zip 229054 2024-10-04T06:27:31.116450 application/epub+zip 563696 2024-10-04T06:27:42.522200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541674 2024-10-04T06:27:37.302248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319295 2022-09-04T09:32:21.316126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401424 401359 2024-10-04T06:27:27.384299 2023-10-04T06:32:12.201337 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 396427 2020-12-26T12:53:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157021 2020-12-26T12:53:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20859 2024-10-04T06:27:42.989190 application/rdf+xml 24936 2024-10-04T06:27:31.881268 image/jpeg 4509 2024-10-04T06:27:31.494265 image/jpeg 272702 2024-10-04T06:27:28.390269 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia