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Transcendentalism
The movement and its
   characteristics
Definition
• The belief that
  truths about life
  and death can
  be reached by
  going outside
  the world of the
  senses.
Major Beliefs
• Relationship between man and
  nature. Heightened awareness of this
  relationship would cause a
  “reformation” of society away from
  materialism and corruption.

• Feelings were a priority over reason
What promoted the movement?
•   Rise of cities
•   Class Systems
•   War
•   Freedom from the past
•   Freedom from organized religion
•   Greed/Manifest Destiny
TRANSCENDENTAL
   Characteristics of
  Transcendentalism
CHARACTERISTICS
Nature
• Nature was divine
• Nature held the
  truths of life
• To communicate
  and be one with
  nature was true
  goodness
• Nature was
  innocence and an
  escape from the
  evils of society
Individualism
• Rejection of standard societal beliefs
• Inner truth is the only thing that
  matters
• The soul is something equally
  available to all people
• Fulfillment comes from knowing one’s
  self, not wealth, gender or education
Moral Enthusiasm
•   Anti- Artistocracy
•   Anti-Slavery
•   Pro-Women’s Rights
•   Quest for Utopia ( Brook Farm)
Literary Focus
• Because of the stress of
  “feelings” and “self” during
  this time period, literature
  was a very large medium
  that artists used to express
  themselves. Such artists
  include:
  Emily Dickinson, Ralph
  Waldo Emerson,
  Henry David Thoreau and
  Edgar Allen Poe

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Transcendentalism powerpoint

  • 2. Definition • The belief that truths about life and death can be reached by going outside the world of the senses.
  • 3. Major Beliefs • Relationship between man and nature. Heightened awareness of this relationship would cause a “reformation” of society away from materialism and corruption. • Feelings were a priority over reason
  • 4. What promoted the movement? • Rise of cities • Class Systems • War • Freedom from the past • Freedom from organized religion • Greed/Manifest Destiny
  • 5. TRANSCENDENTAL Characteristics of Transcendentalism CHARACTERISTICS
  • 6. Nature • Nature was divine • Nature held the truths of life • To communicate and be one with nature was true goodness • Nature was innocence and an escape from the evils of society
  • 7. Individualism • Rejection of standard societal beliefs • Inner truth is the only thing that matters • The soul is something equally available to all people • Fulfillment comes from knowing one’s self, not wealth, gender or education
  • 8. Moral Enthusiasm • Anti- Artistocracy • Anti-Slavery • Pro-Women’s Rights • Quest for Utopia ( Brook Farm)
  • 9. Literary Focus • Because of the stress of “feelings” and “self” during this time period, literature was a very large medium that artists used to express themselves. Such artists include: Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Edgar Allen Poe