LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Margaret Fuller
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Henry David Thoreau
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Mahatma Gahndi
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1833, he attended Harvard College where he met the American philosopher and transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson who influenced Thoreau with his ideas. One of his most renowned works, “Walden or Life in the Woods” (1854), was written during his stay in a cabin built on the land owned by Emerson.
Detailed explanation-2: -He began writing Walden in 1846 as a lecture in response to the questions of townspeople who were curious about what he was doing out at the pond, but his notes soon grew into his second book. Thoreau stayed in the house at Walden Pond for two years, from July 1845 to September 1847.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. The Transcendentalists believed there is a divine spirit in nature and in every living soul.