1830-1865 refers to a set of loosely connected attitudes toward nature and mankind, rather than a...
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1830-1865Refers to a set of loosely connected attitudes toward nature and mankind, rather than a specific theme of romantic love.
Romanticism values intuition over reason
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The celebration of selfExaltation in the natural landscape
Scrutiny of the artist’s own personality and imagination.
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Belief that National Literature didn’t need to follow England
EXPLOSION of American Literature – Poets, Essayists, Novelists, Short stories etc.
Comes from a quest for self-improvement
Utopian Projects began – Transcendentalists value idealism
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Developed out of the Romantic movement
Let’s define it:Root: scandere – “to climb”Prefix: trans- “over”To transcend is to climb over or go beyond
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To go beyond the limits of the senses and of everyday experiences by depending on intuition rather than reason or logic.
So what happens then? We discover higher truths and insights.
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Free thought/following your intuition
Non-conformity/Individualism
ConfidenceSelf-RelianceImportance of Nature
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Everything in the world is a reflection of the Divine Soul.
The physical facts of the natural world are a doorway to the spiritual or ideal world
People can use their own intuition to behold God’s spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls
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Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and blind conformity to custom and tradition.
Spontaneous feelings and intuition are superior to deliberate intellectualism and rationality.
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Born in Boston, attended Harvard and later became a minister
Settled in Concord, Mass and established ‘The Transcendentalist Club”
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Published “Nature” and “Self-Reliance” – favored radical individualism and insistence on self-reliance
Believed in pantheism – God is in all things, can be found in nature – all part of the Divine Soul, the source of all good. “Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact”
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Born in Concord, MA, studied at Harvard and was a student of Emerson’s
Rejected conformity – refused to wear a black coat; quit teaching when required to beat students.
Best. Neck Beard, EVER!
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1845 – Changed his life. Went to the woods for 2 years and 2 months and kept a journal.
Walden or Life in the Woods is a product of that experience. Got down to the essentials of life; one with
nature Faced non-conformity Realized the non-importance of material
possessions.
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