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What is Transcendentalism and how is the same and different from Romanticism?

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What is Transcendentalism and how is the same and different from Romanticism?

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Transcendentalism is an idealistic philosophical and social movement that was influenced by romanticism. It is the idea of knowledge beyond what your 5 senses can detect, it is heavily influenced by faith and religion.

Romanticism Similarities:
(1) Started in the same time period (1840-1860)
(2) Reverence for Nature

Romanticism Differences:
(1a) Transcendentalism is heavily based on the idea of god is the internal force of life and is made from his creation.
(1b) Romanticism has god viewed as a external force, it has less to do with the belief of god and more of the human spirit. The thought of  valuing feeling and intuition over reason and logic.
(2a) Transcendentalism views the ultimate goodness of people and focuses on the ¨inner light¨ of people.
(2b) Romanticism focuses on the effects of guilt, sin, and misery, the darker side of people.

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What was important to Transcendentalists?

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What was important to Transcendentalists?

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A transcendentalist is a person who accepts these ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of understanding life relationships. Their values are: individualism, idealism, and divinity of nature.

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Transcendentalists were just as much about what they were against than  what they were for, so what were some ideas that Transcendentalists against?

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Transcendentalists were just as much about what they were against than  what they were for, so what were some ideas that Transcendentalists against?

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Some ideas that Transcendentalist were against were pessimistic attitude, focusing on man's uncertainty and limited potential in the universe, a reflection of the struggle between good and evil, and dark romantics.

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Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? What were their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism?

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Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? What were their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism?

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Henry David Thoreau: American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork.
Ralph Waldo Emerson: American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism.

Their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism was that Thoreau and the Transcendentalist movement in New England grew up together. Transcendentalism began as a radical religious movement, opposed to the rationalist, conservative institution that Unitarianism had become. For Emerson led the transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.

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1)U.S. History, ¨26f. Transcendentalism, An American Philosophy¨ http://www.ushistory.org/us/26f.asp

2)

Prezi, Romanticism vs. Transcendentalism,

6 Janurary 24 https://prezi.com/ontpyrnuacfb/romanticism-vs-transcendentalism/

3)
study.com, ¨The American Transcendentalists: Values & Explanation¨,

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-american-transcendentalists-values-lesson-quiz.html

4) Encyclopaedia Britannica, ¨Henry David Thoreau¨, 16 October 2018, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-David-Thoreau

5) Encyclopaedia Britannica, ¨Ralph Waldo Emerson¨, 16 October 2018, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-David-Thoreau

6) Elizabeth Witherell, with Elizabeth Dubrulle, library.ucsb¨, Life and times of Henry Davdi Thoreau¨, http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/thoreau_life.html

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What years did the Romantic Period in America take place?

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What years did the Romantic Period in America take place?

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The Roman Period in American took place toward the end of 18th century.

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What was important to the Romantics? In what important ways was the beliefs of Romantics different from Deists?

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What was important to the Romantics? In what important ways was the beliefs of Romantics different from Deists?

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Romantics believed in the natural goodness of humans which is hindered by the urban life of civilization. They believed that knowledge is gained through intuition rather than deduction.

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What did authors from this time period mainly focus on in their writing?

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What did authors from this time period mainly focus on in their writing?

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During this time period, the author focused on the history of literature.

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1) "American Literature: The Dream" - Nicole Williams
Last edit: Jul 8, 2012, 12:33 PM https://sites.google.com/site/usingliteraturetodream/home/literary-periods-in-chronological-order/native-american-literature-undetermined-1650/the-colonial-period-1650-1800/the-romantic-period-1800-1840

2) "Romanticism (late 1700s-mid 1800s)" by Lilian R. Furst

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753923

3) "Periods of
American Literature" by J. E. Luebering
https://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literaturehttps://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literaturehttps://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literature

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Gothic literature refers to a style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion. These emotions can include fear and suspense.

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Why was it also referred to as Dark Romanticism?

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Why was it also referred to as Dark Romanticism?

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Dark romanticism was a literary or historical movement, wherein authors and poets revolted against the classical ways of writing and expression.

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What ideas and themes did these authors focus on in their writing?

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What ideas and themes did these authors focus on in their writing?

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These authors focused on intense emotions, gloomy, decaying setting heroes, romance, etc.

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Who are some of the more famous Gothic writers to come out of this literary period?

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Who are some of the more famous Gothic writers to come out of this literary period?

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Famous Gothic writers:

1. Edgar Allan Poe The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado.

2. 134 33. Mary Shelley Frankenstein.

3. 101 32. Bram Stoker Dracula, The Primrose Path.

4. 80 30. H. P. Lovecraft The Alchemist, Dagon.

5. 51 24. Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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1) "Gothic Fiction: Definition, Characteristics, & Authors" by James Greave
https://study.com/academy/lesson/gothic-fiction-definition-characteristics-authors.html

2) "Dark Romanticism - College Board Home" http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/NC/OnslowCounty/WhiteOakHigh/Uploads/Forms/Dark_RomanticismPPT.pdf

3) "Gothic Novels: Characteristics & Examples"  by Francesca Marinaro https://study.com/academy/lesson/gothic-novels-characteristics-examples.html

4) "The Best Gothic Novelists"

https://www.ranker.com/list/best-gothic-novelists/ranker-books