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Transcendentalism 1830 - 1860
Transcend Definition
Major Beliefs Continued
Historical Context
To go beyond the limits of something. To triumph over the something negative and restrictive.
Specifically these writers & poets were influenced by:
4) "The Oversoul"
5) Nature - Simplifying your life and becoming in tune with nature helps you connect with the oversoul and ultimately divine truth
The quest for utopia (perfect society) was very prevalent.
They believed that perfect people and societies were possible.
Major Beliefs Continued
Major Beliefs
Transcendentalism Definition
Individuality
1) Idealism - They believed that people are inherently GOOD. Humans are capable of achieving perfection if they are willing to fight for it. This required a lot of self-reflection
2) Intuition - Instincts, genuine feeling, and connection are more important than logical reasoning.
3) Religion was an individual experience between a person and God. Formal religious ceremonies were disliked because it went against this notion.
A movement in literature and philosophy that said that intuition and self awareness were more important than logical reasoning. They believed that all things were part of a divine whole and that in order to understand yourself and truly connect with the universe you had to transcend (or rise above) normal every day experience.
How are the different from the Gothic Romantics?
1) Transcendentalists had extreme idealism when it came to both society and individuals
2) Transcendentalists were fascinated with the "awe" of the Sublime instead of the terror.
3) Transcendentalists focused on the good inside of each person.
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Henry David Thoreau
Transcendentalist are the Extreme Romantics
If you take all of the positive beliefs of the Romantics and kicked it up a couple of intensity levels you would get the Transcendentalists.
A piece of writing can be Romantic and not Transcendentalist BUT if it is Transcendentalist then it MUST be Romantic.
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1819 - 1892
1803 - 1882
- Late transcendentalist.
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