Transcendentalist Readings

    Reading Overlap

    Which cabinet authors appear in the reading histories and personal libraries of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott? This diagram maps the overlapping terrain — the shared intellectual ground — and the paths each reader walked alone.

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    Summary

    91

    Total cabinet authors referenced

    17

    Shared by all three

    25

    Shared by two

    49

    Unique to one reader

    All Authors by Overlap