The Over-Soul
Linking to the Grapes of Wrath

Vocabulary

Definitions of vocabulary as used by Steinbeck and Emerson

Emerson:
Transcendentalism - In Emerson's words: "The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstasy."
Over-Soul - Emerson's essay in which he explores the idea that all humans have one common soul.
Ethereal
Sundered
Consecrate

Steinbeck:
Manself - See Chapter Fourteen of Grapes of Wrath
Anlage - See first paragraph of Chapter Three of Grapes of Wrath
Effluvium - "A skunk padded heavily and unself-consciously down the trail, carrying a faint effluvium with him" (567).

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