ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Thoreau sought for himself at Walden Pond a poetic life. the problem Thoreau faced of living poetically in such a way as to prevent that way of life from becoming objectified or fixated into a doctrine to be followed and which precludes others from living their own poems.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Thoreau perceives nature, he sees an inexhaustible source of wisdom, beauty, and spiritual nourishment. He regards it with great respect and awe while also having with it an intimate familiarity and comfort.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thoreau and Emerson emphasized on the transcendentalist idea of human harmony with nature. They believed that nature can help us improve spiritually and help us connect to the rest of the world. According to Transcendental ideas, everything is connected, everything is one.