Emersonian Transcendentalism, too, had roots in his ancestral world. A current of mild awakening had already coursed through a liberal and generous Congregationalism, which had largely done away ...

(RNS) The author of 'Walden; or, Life in the Woods,' who was born 200 years ago this week, was a Transcendentalist. Let us 'Splain . . . Happy 200th birthday, Henry David Thoreau! You don’t look ...

Intellectual ferment and social turmoil characterized America in the mid-19th century. Transcendentalism, an intentionally nebulous philosophy that asserted the primacy of individual consciousness ...

Your speech should include answers to questions such as, What is transcendentalism? Why would someone chose to follow such a life? (Provide compelling arguments for following the transcendental ...

The parallels between transcendentalist discourse and hypertext linking provided the genesis for the American Transcendentalism Web, Ms. Woodlief’s online repository of information about the ...

Many members looked back on their experience positively. What is transcendentalism? Transcendentalism was an early 19th century movement led by philosophers and writers in New England. It focused ...

To prep for it, here are five things to know about the philosophy and the music. 1. Transcendentalism refers to a goal of transcending institutions in order to focus on the individual in order to ...

Philip Gura’s “American Transcendentalism” is full of Harvard references, showing how deeply connected the Transcendental movement was to the University. But though it may be amusing to hear ...

BRIGHT CIRCLE: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism, by Randall Fuller Miss Peabody’s Book Room, at 13 West Street in Boston, was no ordinary bookstore. It was a place of ...

Fuller’s new book, “Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism,” chronicles that time and place, and especially those women: Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Peabody ...