The Dial

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The Dial was a 19th-century American literary and philosophical magazine that served as the chief periodical voice of the Transcendentalist movement, publishing works by figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Transcendentalist periodical
literary magazine
philosophical magazine
associatedWith Concord intellectual circle
New England Transcendentalists
chiefPeriodicalVoiceOf Transcendentalist movement
countryOfOrigin United States
editor Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
foundedBy Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
genre essay
literary criticism
philosophy
poetry
ideologicalOrientation idealism
individualism
liberal Christianity
influenced American literary culture
American philosophy
reception of Transcendentalism in the United States
language English
mediaType print
movement Transcendentalism
notableFor promoting Transcendentalist ideas
providing a forum for American Romantic literature
publishing early works of Henry David Thoreau
publicationPeriod 19th century
publishedWorkBy Bronson Alcott
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Parker
William Ellery Channing
subject literature
philosophy
religion
social reform


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