Brownson, Orestes Augustus 1803-1876

Overview

Works:	608 works in 1,439 publications in 3 languages and 23,893 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Periodicals History Records and correspondence Biography Apologetic writings Controversial literature Fiction Religious fiction Novels
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Classifications:	B908.B64, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Orestes Augustus Brownson

Orestes A. Brownson by Americo D Lapati( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson; a pilgrim's progress by Arthur M Schlesinger( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson: a bibliography, 1826-1876 by Patrick W Carey( )
Orestes Brownson, Yankee, radical, Cahtolic by Theodore Maynard( Book )
Contradiction and dilemma: Orestes Brownson and the American idea by Leonard Gilhooley( Book )

A pilgrim's progress: Orestes A. Brownson by Arthur M Schlesinger( Book )
Selected writings by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )
Religion and the public schools in 19th century America : the contribution of Orestes A. Brownson by Edward J Power( Book )
No divided allegiance : essays in Brownson's thought( Book )
The Brownson-Hecker correspondence by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson : American religious weathervane by Patrick W Carey( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson : a definitive biography by Thomas R Ryan( Book )
Orestes Brownson and the American Republic; an historical perspective by Hugh Marshall( Book )
The Brownson reader by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )
Brownson on democracy and the trend toward socialism by Lawrence Roemer( Book )
Orestes Brownson : sign of contradiction by Robert A Herrera( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson's road to Catholicism by Per Sveino( Book )
In search of the American spirit : the political thought of Orestes Brownson by Gregory S Butler( Book )
Granite for God's house; the life of Orestes Augustus Brownson by Mary Rose Gertrude Whalen( Book )
Orestes A. Brownson's ... life by Henry F Brownson( Book )

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Most widely held works by Orestes Augustus Brownson

The American Republic : constitution, tendencies, & destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

23 editions published between 1865 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,789 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The early works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

28 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 1,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Content Description

The American Republic: its Constitution, tendencies, and destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

50 editions published between 1865 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A study, originally written in 1865, explores American political theory, its diverses practical applications, and the dangerous ideas that threaten to undermine it

Essays and reviews, chiefly on theology, politics, and socialism by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

35 editions published between 1852 and 2013 in English and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The laboring classes : an article from the Boston quarterly review by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

30 editions published between 1840 and 1842 in English and Undetermined and held by 602 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brownson's defence : defence of the article on the laboring classes from the Boston quarterly review by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

20 editions published between 1840 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

33 editions published between 1888 and 1970 in English and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Boston quarterly review( )

in English and held by 495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brownson's quarterly review( )

in English and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The early works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

8 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two Volumes. These volumes present a first critical Latin edition and an English translation of an important, but very difficult to read and understand, medieval treatise. and being as true. Hervaeus regards its significance as a relation of reason which runs in the direction of known or knowable to knower

The spirit-rapper : an autobiography by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

24 editions published between 1854 and 2000 in English and held by 407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The early works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

2 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The early works of Orestes A. Brownson by Patrick Carey( Book )

10 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Charles Elwood, or, the infidel converted by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

27 editions published between 1840 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The abolition of slavery : the right of the government under the war power by John Quincy Adams( )

8 editions published between 1861 and 1862 in English and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Seeking the truth : an Orestes Brownson anthology by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

4 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This anthology of essays from the great nineteenth-century thinker Orestes A. Brownson will engage the reader with key writings from one of the most compelling American Catholic intellectuals. Brownson was a spiritual seeker who migrated through Presbyterianism, Universalism, skepticism, Unitarianism, and Transcendentalist thought, and finally at age 41 to Catholicism. Politically he found himself anticipating socialism in the 1830s, then, turning into a disciple of John Calhoun's states rights constitutionalism, and later he incorporated his criticisms of mass democracy into a unique philosophical defense of the Constitution that emerged in full bloom during the Civil War. Brownson's life, in its several phases, turns, and allegiances, has remained noteworthy for his rejection of modern pragmatism's aim to obtain material comfort in service of man's desires, while deemphasizing deeper concerns for philosophical and spiritual truth. Brownson's writings, born from his existential wranglings were, therefore, addressed to our authentic human longings to know the truth about ourselves. If much of late modern thought can be characterized as dualistic, fractured, and subjective, Brownson's questing was that of a modern intellectual using modern philosophical resources in dialogue with pre-modern and classical sources to recover the dialectical whole of knowledge. Therefore the intellectual quest must contemplate the natural and the supernatural, reason and faith, religion and science, the various levels and forms of political authority, the beginning and end of man, and the relationships that exist among these sets of inquiries. Resulting from Brownson's study of these universal questions is also a particular application of his learning. Brownson, unlike almost any other American figure, illumined the promises and the limitations of American institutions while also seeking to edify its experiment with republican self-government. This anthology collection will be of great use for academics, graduate and undergraduate students, seminarians, and educated lay readers. the significance of Seeking the Truth is how it allows the reader to walk with Brownson through his intellectual journey and gain a further understanding of one of the best social, political, and religious thinkers of the nineteenth century. (Publisher)

The convert; or, Leaves from my experience by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

19 editions published between 1857 and 1983 in English and German and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Conversations on liberalism and the Church by Orestes Augustus Brownson( Book )

21 editions published between 1870 and 2012 in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Social reform : an address before the Society of the Mystical Seven in the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., August 7, 1844 by Orestes Augustus Brownson( )

5 editions published in 1844 in English and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lizzie Maitland by Caroline E. T Clarke( )

12 editions published between 1857 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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