Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism
an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures
Brook Farm Community
was a utopian experiment in communal living in the United States in the 1840s. Used to separate society. Cooperative living and the absence of private property characterized these communities.
What is the biggest idea to come out of the Utopian Movement?
Everything was a deep desire of perfectionism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalism movement of the mid-19th century
Edgar Allan Poe
Many of his works are generally considered part of the dark romanticism genre, a literary reaction to transcendentalism, which Poe strongly disliked.