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I. Transcendentalism marked the era from Earlier Romanticism into Later Romanticism or Romanticismon Puritan Soil.II. Transcendentalists preached the positive life. Romanticism on Puritan Soil (The American Renaissance) (1850-1861) Transcendentalism: A literary and philosophical movement, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition. This movement focused on the human spirit and the spiritual relationship between humanity and nature. The Transcendentalists ultimately reached the conclusion that all forms of being are spiritually united through a shared universal soul, or Over-soul. III. Famous writers and works in this period:Emerson: Nature; The American Scholar; Self-Reliance Hawthorne: The Scarlet LetterMelville: Moby DickThoreau: WaldenIV. American literature in this period develops from the imitation into symbolism. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) :The American philosopher, Poet celebrating Beauty, Self-Reliance, Success, History, Heroism, Unity, Nature and Love.  I. The first and greatest of American Transcendentalist and revolutionary Romanticist.II. His education and acceptance of European thoughts.III. His lifelong career: professional lecturer and essayist. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) IV. His works (and thoughts): The American Scholar Declaration of Intellectual IndependenceThe Divinity School AddressSelf-RelianceNature Bible of New England Transcentalism V. Self-Reliance Assignments:1. Translate and memorize the paragraph “What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”on P21. 3. Preview Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter-Chapter 2.  Topics for Group 42(Define them and tell how they are related to Hawthorne) Witchcraft trials Young Goodman Brown Truth of the human heart Pearl References: