A Language of Things: Emanuel Swedenborg and the American Environmental Imagination

by Devin P Zuber

Book Overview

Long overlooked, the natural philosophy and theosophy of the Scandinavian scientist-turned-mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) made a surprising impact in America. Thomas Jefferson, while president, was so impressed with the message of a Baltimore Swedenborgian minister that he invited him to address both houses of Congress. But Swedenborgian thought also made its contribution to nineteenth-century American literature, particularly within the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813943507
• ISBN13: 9780813943503
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher