Victor Nuovo
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Victor Nuovo: Emerson on ‘Experience’
Editor’s note: This is the 34th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s earliest writings, on which…
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Victor Nuovo: Emerson on nature and wisdom
Editor’s note: This is the 33rd in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Reading Emerson may be compared to taking…
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Victor Nuovo: More than a 19th Century feminist
Editor’s note: This is the 32nd in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Margaret Fuller (1810-50) was born in Cambridge,…
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Victor Nuovo: A platonic digression
Editor’s note: This is the 31st in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. After reviewing the previous essay, I realized…
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Victor Nuovo: Transcendentalism and moral duty
Editor’s note: This is the 30th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. “Transcendentalism” signifies the flowering of culture in…
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Victor Nuovo: Establishing the rule of law
Editor’s note: This is the 29th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. The Constitution of the United States provides…
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Victor Nuovo: The age of Andrew Jackson
Editor’s note: This is the 28th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) was President of the…
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Victor Nuovo: The political thought of John C. Calhoun
Editor’s note: This is the 27th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. In studying the history of American politics…
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Victor Nuovo: Slavery divided a growing nation
Editor’s note: This is the 26th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Between the years 1783 until 1848 the…
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Victor Nuovo: Adams and Jefferson in retrospect
Editor’s note: This is the 25th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. On July 4, 1826 — 50 years…
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Victor Nuovo: Franklin, the ‘presiding genius’
Editor’s note: This is the 24th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. The principal founders of this nation played…
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Prof. Nuovo helps un-‘Locke’ philosopher’s writings
MIDDLEBURY — Victor Nuovo withdrew from his professorial duties at Middlebury College 23 years ago, but he has packed enough educational and intellectual activity in his golden years…