4) Transcendentalism Flashcards
When and where was Transcendentalism developed?
In the 1830s in New England
Transcendentalism is typically American version of _________
Romanticism
What does Transcendentalism criticize?
Rationalism and John Locke’s idea of “tabula rasa”, religion
Characterize transcendentalism
Individual and self-reliance, optimism, belief in the essential goodness, improvement of mankind, progress, the supreme spiritual principle present in all, man can find its unity in nature
Who were Transcendentalists?
A group of friends centred around Emerson in Concord in The Hedge Club
What was the name of the transcendentalist journal?
The Dial
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature; American Scholar; Essays: First Series, Second Series; Poems; Representative Men
Henry David Thoreau
Walden; or, Life in the Woods; Civil Disobedience
Margaret Fuller
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Who was Amos Bronson Alcott?
Father of Louisa May Alcott
When was Nature published?
1836
What was Emerson’s American Scholar about?
It was a lecture, considered the intellectual declaration of independence
Who was the close friend of Emerson’s?
Henry David Thorneau
Where did Henry David Thorneau move?
He moved to a cabin near Walden Pond, lived there for 2 years, simple life, self reliace (Walden, or Life in the Woods)
Who was the first woman to be granted access to the Harvard College Library?
Margaret Fuller
