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TRANSCENDENTALISM

TRANSCENDENTALISM. Conner Dial Marley Delaney Kori Meacham Jeremiah Speedy Brian Kissinger Kayla May. Defining Transcendentalism. Transition between romanticism and naturalism .

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TRANSCENDENTALISM

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  1. TRANSCENDENTALISM Conner Dial Marley Delaney Kori Meacham Jeremiah Speedy Brian Kissinger Kayla May

  2. Defining Transcendentalism • Transition between romanticism and naturalism. • a group of ideas in literature and philosophy that developed in the 1830s and 1840s as a protest against the general state of culture and society. • Among the transcendentalists' core beliefs was the belief in an ideal spirituality that "transcends" the physical and empirical and is realized only through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions. 2

  3. What? • Philosophical/religious/literary movement • Mutual hate of Unitarian orthodox • Tried to capture Christian faith without substance • Encouraged individuals to find, “an original relation to the universe” (Emerson) • Criticism of society for blind conformity

  4. When and Where? • Succeeded the Romantic Movement • Concord, Massachusetts 1835-1860 • Founded in Germany • Immanuel Kant • “all knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of knowing objects.”

  5. View on Nature • Awe-inspiring, all powerful • Emotional/spiritual rebirth was an important tool of Nature’s glory • Elusive • No end but every ending is a beginning • Nature is a continuous expression of spirit • Believed relationship between God should be personal • Nature is able to bring us closer to God

  6. The Moon by Thoreau The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray    Mounts up the eastern sky, Not doomed to these short nights for aye,    But shining steadily. She does not wane, but my fortune,    Which her rays do not bless, My wayward path declineth soon,    But she shines not the less. And if she faintly glimmers here,    And paled is her light, Yet alway in her proper sphere    She's mistress of the night. Styles • Free Verse Poetry • Essay Format • Irregular line length • Tone • Exalted • Intense, deep, meaningful

  7. A Winter’s Walk by Thoreau A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart. There is the south. Thither have all birds and insects migrated, and around the warm springs in his breast are gathered the robin and the larka. Themes • Self-Wisdom • Belief that humans have self-wisdom and may one day gain this knowledge by turning into the flow of nature • Nature was the focal point • Social Reform • Known as visionaries in attitudes towards issues such as social protest, abolition, women’s rights and child labor.

  8. Authors/Contributions • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Lecturer, essayist, poet • Leader of transcendentalism • Champion of individualism • Nature (essay) 1836 • Henry David Thoreau • Walden; simplicity/Natural surroundings • Civil Disobedience • Margaret Fuller • The Dial • Journalist, critic, women’s rights advocate

  9. Transcendentalism vs. Modernism Transcendentalism Modernism • Naturalistic, real • personal • Irony, satire Common Attributes -Break from aesthetic forms -imagery -rejected absolute truth -individualism -mistrust in established religion

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