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A biannual publication of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, The Dial publishes essays, reviews, review essays, and creative works on Emerson, Transcendentalism, and the cultures of nineteenth-century America and beyond that shaped and were shaped by both. As Henry David Thoreau remarked of the original publication (1840-44), The Dial serves as a "circular" connecting leading and newer scholars while engaging the various, often competing exchanges and explorations that energize the wider fields of American literary, philosophical, and cultural studies. The journal features pieces on theoretical and historical problems relating to Emerson and also showcases review essays, book reviews, and critical exchanges. It encourages interdisciplinary work and writing on Emerson and transcendentalism from fields other than literary studies that engage and intersect a variety of fields, forms, and geographical locations. In addition to traditional academic essays, the editors are interested in roundtable fora focused on discrete aspects of what Emerson called "The Times" cultural, professional, national, or global. As a means of responding to emergent and topical lines of inquiry, The Dial also welcomes submissions in nonacademic genres, poetry, experimental nonfiction, and audio-visual works that are inspired by the work of Emerson or other transcendentalists.
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Volume 2, Issue 1, Summer 2025Table of Contents
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| ISSN | 3065-5447 |
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| Launched on MUSE | 2025-09-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
