Abstract

Thomas Carlyle's influence on American Romanticism and transcendentalism was challenged by his 1839 book Chartism. Chartism was a turning point for his influence in America; it occasioned the first serious questioning of his ideas by American progressives and set the stage for many transcendentalists to move away from the world of ideas and toward more concerted efforts at reform and social change. This article examines the effects of Chartism in the progressive circles of the Cincinnati-based journal The Western Messenger and its aftereffects in transcendental New England.

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