LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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“Thanatopsis”
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“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
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“Self-Reliance”
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“The Devil and Tom Walker”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transcendentalism, which lasted from about 1830 to 1860, was a vital part of the Romantic movement. Ralph Waldo Emerson was its putative leader. Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -What are the 5 characteristics of American romanticism? Romanticism is marked by a focus on individualism, an emphasis on nature, emotion over reason, freedom of form, and an exploration of the Gothic and unknown.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two of the most famous and influential transcendentalists.
Detailed explanation-4: -Transcendentalism and romanticism have both a negative and positive aspect of human nature, and both compare and contrast within one another because they stand out during the time period, and was an important side of the industrial revolution.