ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly “self-reliant” and independent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Transcendentalists believed in the Romantic vision of man that embodied “self-expression and self-cultivation [that] functioned as a form of sanctification."(Young 58) Each man was a god, and the mission of the Transcendentalist was to champion the self-reliant man; the movement embraced power in individualism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalism is the belief that man is inherently good, is an independent thinker, and goes out into nature to get in touch with himself. Generally, man has good intentions and intends no harm unto others. In addition, man does not need society to give him and develop his thoughts, as he already has them within.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -(1) Everything is a reflection of god. (2) Physical world is a doorway to the spiritual world. (3) People can use intuition to see god in nature and their souls. (4) A person is their own best authority. (5) Feeling and intuition are superior to reason and intellect.