TRANCENDENTALISM

LITERATURE

• Essay Format
• Freeverse Poetry

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• Focused On Finding God
• Stayed Logical
• Tried To Make Sense Of Things

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• Went Beyond Human Experience
• Not Intended For Religion

1830-1860

• Puritans start to fade
• Ideas From Romantics Inspire

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• Idealism (Greek Philosophy) Becomes Popular
• Transcendentalists Attempt Utopian Societies
• German Philosopher Immanuel Kent Is A Main Figure

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

• Transcendentalist Leader
• Very Successful Scholar

WALT WHITMAN

• "Father of freeverse"
• Wrote freeverse poetry and philosophy

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

• Inspired Reform Movements (Womens Rights, Anti-Slavery)
• Believed Transcendentalism Was Old Philosophy In New Times
• Skeptical Of Most Other Transcendentalist Beliefs
• Mentor Of Henry David Thoreau

LEAVES OF GRASS

• Book By Walt Whitman
• Inspired Trancendentalists

NATURE

• Book By Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Foundation For Trancendentalism

WALDEN

• Book By Henry David Thoreau
• Talked About Simple Living And Nature

QUESTIONS

• How Popular Was Trancendentalism
• Did Non-Transcendentalists Look Down On Them
• Are There Transcendentalists Today