Transendentalism Flashcards
Tanscendentalism flourished when?
1830s & 1840s
“The human mind is so powerful it can _________, from the irricacies of Nature to the wonder of God-Emerson
Unlock any mystery
________ was at the center of the universe
Individual
Early 1830 a young Boston pastor had trouble with his faith we t to Europe and studied
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Produce of transcendentalist movement
2 books Emerson’s Nature (1836) and Thoreau’s Walden (1854)
“The individual is the world”
Emerson
Proposed every soul and all nature part of an
Oversoul
Transcendentalists was made up of_______ including________
Small group of men and women including Amos Bronson Alcott , Margaret fuller,and henry david thoreau
Supporters flocked to emersons home in
Concord mass
Those who adopted thoreau’s ideas:
Gandhi, Martin Luther king Jr
_______ of the transcendentalists is so woven into the fabric of american culture that we take it for granted
Influence
Emersonis author of
Nature, Self Reliance and Concord Hymn
Figures of speech language used imaginatively
Figurative language
A stated similarity between two or more unlike things that does not use the words
Metaphor
The use of a part of something to stand for the whole
Synecdoche
Word pictures
Imagery
Emerson helped instill:
Individuality, independence and an appreciation for the wonders of nature
Son of a unitarian minister
Emerson
Emerson was born in
Boston
Attended ________ at 14 began ____ he was to keep all his ife
Harvard;journal
After graduating harvard emerson became
Pastor of 2nd church of boston
Emerson resigned after 3 yrs bc
Wifes tragic death
Emerson went to europe and met
Thomas carlyle, samuel taylor coleridge and william wordsworth
Emerson returned and settled in
Concord mass
Emerson remarried
Lydia jackson of plymouth
Emerson first achieved fame in 1841 when he
Published Essays (collection based on material from his journals and lectures)
Emerson published essays, 2nd vol in
1844
Emerson published
Representative men (1849 and the conduct of life 1860)
Considered self a
Poet
Published poems (1847) and
May day and other pieces (1867)
Emersons poems expressed
His beliefs in individuality and in humanity’s spiritual connection to nature
Aithor of Walden and Civil Disobedience
Thoreau
Attended concord academy later enrolling at harvard
Thoreau
Thoreaus personality
Individual, unique, eccentric seen odd
What forced thoreau to quit first teaching job
Objections to corporal punishment
Thoreau and who? Opened their own ______ in concord? Was successful but had to shut down due to person’s illness
Brother John; school
1841 Thoreau moved ______ lived there for 2 yrs worked odd jobs to pay for his room
Emersons house
Thoreau became emersons
Friend and disciple
Thoreau devoted energy to
Explore the spiritual relationship between humanity and nature and to live by his political and social belief
1845-47 Thoreau lived alone in a one room cabin he built at _______ near concord whoch provided him w/material for Walden
Walden Pond
Walden is considered
The supreme work of Transcendentalist literature and one of the greatest ex of nature writing in american lit
Thoreau died at age 44 from
Tuberculosis
Only ______&_______ was published while thoreau was still alive
A week on the concord and Merimack rivers and some poems
Published after thoreaus death
The maine woods , cape cod, a yankee in canada
Thorea has a _____ tone
Conversational
Unique manner in which he or she puts thoughts into words
Authors style
Word choice
Diction
Arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Thoreau was retracted from society to
Live in harmony with nature
Thoreau felt that people should
Seek truth within themselves be self reliant and ignore the customs of society
Thoreau bellived nature and ____ were linked
Human emotions
When man recognizes he is part of Nature he is acknowledging the divine within
Immanence
Walden is a blendof natural observation,
Social criticism, and philosophical insight
The four seasons act as _____ for walden
Framework
Walden is unified by
Poetic symbolism and imagery
The great unifying symbol in walden is ______ which stands for the inner self
Pond
Thoreaus style
Long sentences which build to a climax, graceful clear writing
Thoreau uses ____when writing his works
Natural images used to express abstract ideas,use of epigrams, figurative language and rhetorical ?s
Transecendentalists believed most inmportant truths of life could not be defined by any
Theology
Transcendentalists stress ___ over ____
Emotion;intellect
TranscendentList idea came from german philosopher
Immanuel Kant
____ &_______ were highly prized by transcendentalists
Individualism and self reliance
