ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

TRUE AND FALSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Transcendentalism was embraced in the late 1830s and 1840s by all the mainstream newspapers and magazines.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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 a 19th-century school of American theological and philosophical thought that combined respect for nature and self-sufficiency with elements of Unitarianism and German Romanticism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Dial was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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