Curated OER
Dipping Into the Pond: Transcendentalism and Us
Eleventh graders have a basic comprehension of transcendentalism and a familiarity with the principal propenents of the philosophy. They recognize of the unique role played by Concord, MA in the dispersion of transcendentalism. ...
University of Michigan
Making of America: Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Digitization of this two-volume, searchable text of Margaret Fuller's memoirs are available.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller is featured for her writings during the transcendentalist movement of the nineteenth century, considered progressive for her times as women of the era were not taught to think. Click "Margaret Fuller Activities" for...
Library of Congress
Loc: Summer on the Lakes E Text
Here is a short biography and a analysis of "Summer on the Lakes" by Margaret Fuller. It also contains links to the online text for this essay describing her trip to the Great Lakes in 1843. Text can be viewed on a page-by-page basis in...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation
In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Oliver Wendell Holmes Biography
Ths Bibliomania site provides a biography of the 19th century American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Discusses his ancestry, childhood, education, and career in medicine and literature. Includes analyses of his works and a...
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Margaret Fuller
Providing an article on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850 CE), "the first female foreign correspondent," this website includes resources for further reading and research.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Susanna Haswell Rowson
Resource offers critical review of Susanna Rowson's "Charlotte Temple" designed for teachers but helpful to students.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810 1850)
Here are some ideas for discussing the writing of Margaret Fuller. This website provides questions, writing topics, and ideas for making connections with other authors.
Other
Philosophers: Margaret Fuller's Philosophy
This profile of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) reveals why she is sometimes called "the most important woman of the nineteenth century." Discussion includes her literary criticism, journalism, and her feminist manifesto, Woman of the...
Texas A&M University
American Transcendentalism Web
A scholarly site with many articles about American transcendental authors, their work, and philosophy.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Margaret Fuller
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides biographical information about Margaret Fuller and examines her role in the early women's movement. Includes a picture and brief quotes from her writing.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: The Romantic Period, 1820 1860: Essayists and Poets
This lesson focuses on the Romantic Period's essayists and poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, the Brahmin Poets, and more.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller
This is a text excerpt and a link to the full-text audio of Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller. The essay applies the idea of the individual to the enlightenment of all mankind: allowing women as individuals to have...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy
A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of...
Digital History
Digital History: American Transcendentalism
A detailed look at the philosophy behind American Transcendalism, and a discussion of many of those who practiced it.
Baertracks
Creative Quotations: Margaret Fuller (1810 1850)
Selected quotations from the writing of Margaret Fuller. A brief biography and source information are included.