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050 00 HX656.F78|bF73 2010 
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100 1  Francis, Richard,|d1945- 
245 10 Fruitlands :|bthe Alcott family and their search for 
       utopia /|cby Richard Francis. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    viii, 321 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The Seed -- To reproduce perfect men -- Now I know what 
       thought is -- A joy in a winding sheet -- Fabling of 
       worlds -- Rembrandt's pot -- The Fruit -- Hesitations at 
       the plunge -- The mind yields, falters, and fails -- The 
       little wicket gate -- The principle of inverse ratio -- 
       Diffusive illitimable benevolence -- The new waves curl --
       Utter subjection of the body -- The consociate family life
       -- Penniless pilgrimages -- Softly doth the sun descend --
       Nectar in a sieve -- Cain and Abel -- Tumbledown Hall. 
520    This is a definitive account of Fruitlands, one of 
       history's most unsuccessful, but most significant, utopian
       experiments. It was established in Massachusetts in 1843 
       by Bronson Alcott (whose ten year old daughter Louisa May,
       future author of Little Women, was among the members) and 
       an Englishman called Charles Lane, under the watchful gaze
       of Emerson, Thoreau, and other New England intellectuals. 
       Alcott and Lane developed their own version of the 
       doctrine known as Transcendentalism, hoping to transform 
       society and redeem the environment through a strict regime
       of veganism and celibacy. But physical suffering and 
       emotional conflict, particularly between Lane and Alcott's
       wife, Abigail, made the community unsustainable.  Drawing 
       on the letters and diaries of those involved, the author 
       explores the relationship between the complex 
       philosophical beliefs held by Alcott, Lane, and their 
       fellow idealists and their day to day lives. The result is
       a vivid and often very funny narrative of their travails, 
       demonstrating the dilemmas and conflicts inherent to any 
       utopian experiment and shedding light on a fascinating 
       period of American history. 
600 10 Alcott, Amos Bronson,|d1799-1888|xFamily. 
600 10 Lane, Charles,|d1800-1870. 
650  0 Utopias|zMassachusetts|zHarvard|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Communal living|zMassachusetts|zHarvard|xHistory|y19th 
       century. 
650  0 Transcendentalism (New England) 
651  0 Fruitlands (Harvard, Mass.)|xHistory. 
651  0 Massachusetts|xHistory|y1775-1865. 
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