"Liquid Fire Within Me":

By Ian Frederick Finseth

M.A. Thesis in English, University of Virginia, August 1995.

Contents

Introduction

• A Question of Focus

Backgrounds

• Antebellum America
• The Second Great Awakening and Rise of Evangeliclaism
• The Emergence of Transcendentalism
• Transcendentalists and Evangelicals

Common Ground

• The Experience of Conversion
• The Role of Language
• Individuals and Communities
• Social Reform and Societal Inertia

Conclusion

• Legacies