Flashcards: American Transcendentalism and Reform Movements — 9 cartões

European Romanticism — focus?

Emphasizes connection with nature and individual emotion.

European Romanticism — emphasis?

Nature, individual emotion, subjective experience

Transcendentalism — role?

Highlights transcendence of perception and spiritual access.

Transcendentalism — focus?

Accessing spiritual truths beyond sensory perception

America — influence of European ideas?

Shaped American literature, philosophy, culture

Romanticism — importance of?

Nature and personal intuition

Transcendentalism — key belief?

Transcend sensory limits for spiritual insight

American Renaissance — influences?

Romanticism and transcendentalism blend

Key transcendentalist — Thoreau role?

Promoted nature, solitude, individual conscience