ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The anti-transcendentalists reflected a more pessimistic attitude and focused on man’s uncertainty and limited potential in the universe. They viewed nature as vast and incomprehensible, a reflection of the struggle between good and evil.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of what the Transcendentalists wrote falls into this category of nonfictional literature, presenting a mixture of piety, poetry, and sententiousness that is neither art nor argument but a compound of both. Their criticism shows a similar ambivalence.