LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Romanticism
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Transcendentalism
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transcendentalists valued individualism and self-reliance Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement. The Transcendentalists believed there is a divine spirit in nature and in every living soul. Through individualism and self-reliance human beings could reunite with God.
Detailed explanation-2: -They called their new philosophy transcendentalism. Although there were many men and women who were part of the transcendentalist movement, two of the most influential writers were Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalism refers to self – sufficiency of the human mind and the creative power of man. It spoke for an or-der of truth that transcended by immediate perception, all external evidence. Thoreau believed in all this and saw the manifestation of God in Nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main idea of “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau is to find the meaning of life. He set out to contemplate life and himself and to find out man’s role in the world.