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This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and poets: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.
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characteristics of transcendentalist literature, early to middle years of the nineteenth century (about 1836-1860), rely upon intuition rather than reason and logic, "american literature and composition: transcendentalism", emily dickinson and walt whitman, georgia virtual learning, henry david thoreau and ralph waldo emerson, everything is a reflection of the divine soul, and physical facts of the natural world, american transcendentalism
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)