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Chapter 4 New England Transcendentalism. Emerson. Thoreau New England Transcendentalism The summit of A.R flourished in New England from 1830s to the Civil War as a philosophical and literary movement Some New Englanders (Emerson, Thoreau etc.), not happy about the materialistic-oriented life ( the faith of Boston businessmen and the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism), formed the Transcendentalist Club and published their journal, the Dial. p56 The features of New England Transcendentalism Spirit, or the Oversoul (or God) was regarded as the most important thing in the universe Indiv