LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The philosophy of transcendentalism arose in the 1830s in the eastern United States as a reaction to intellectualism. Its adherents yearned for intense spiritual experiences and sought to transcend the purely material world of reason and rationality.
Detailed explanation-2: -Transcendentalism is an American literary, philosophical, religious, and political movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalism is, in many aspects, the first notable American intellectual movement. It has inspired succeeding generations of American intellectuals, as well as some literary movements.
Detailed explanation-4: -Transcendentalism was a religious, literary, and political movement that evolved from New England Unitarianism in the 1820s and 1830s.