Author
Theophilus Parsons is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845–1846). One work is named, most often in Swedenborgianism., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“In Mr. Parsons's case they are good. His mind seems to have been expanded and strengthened by it. Parts of his book we have read with pleasure, and think it should be a popular one among the more thoughtful portion of the great reading public.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“In Mr. Parsons's case they are good. His mind seems to have been expanded and strengthened by it.”
Also reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art. Counted once, at its first appearance.
Fuller, Margaret. "Swedenborgianism." New-York Daily Tribune, 25 June 1845. · 25 June 1845
“ESSAYS by Theophilus Parsons. Boston: Otis Clapp, School-st. 1845.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. · p335
Also printed in Art, Literature, and the Drama (1869), p335; page given is to the 1869 reprint.