Transcendentalist Writers – Flashcards
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Considered father of American Transcendentalism
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- former minister that became disillusioned w/ the spiritual restrictions of his religion
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- after his first wife's death, he traveled through Europe where he met w/ leading English writers & discovered the philosophies of German philosopher Immanuel Kant; inspired by Kant to begin the American Trans. movement.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- his essays on transcendentalism caused him to be wildly sought as a lecturer throughout the nation
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- called for American intellectual independence from Europe in his essay "The American Scholar"
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- His "Divinity School Address" called into question some traditional Christian beliefs
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Henry David Thoreau
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- A protege of Emerson's who put the Transcendentalism beliefs into practice
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Henry David Thoreau
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- as a young boy, he was considered an eccentric that rarely followed rules
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Henry David Thoreau
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- quit his position as a teacher as a protest to the practice of corporal punishment
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Henry David Thoreau
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- he and his brother opened their own "alternative" school
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Henry David Thoreau
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- in 1845 he withdrew from society and lived in nature for 26 months in a cabin next to Walden Pond outside of Concord, Massachusetts
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Henry David Thoreau
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- wrote of his experiences and thoughts in a series of essays published in his book "Walden" (1854)
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Henry David Thoreau
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- "Walden" consists of 18 essays ranging in topics from a battle between red and black ants to the individual's relation to society
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Henry David Thoreau
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- he refused to pay taxes as a protest against the Mexican War and was jailed for one night
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Henry David Thoreau
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- Emerson paid his taxes for him
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Henry David Thoreau
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- One of his most famous essays "Civil Disobedience" put forth the theory of non-violent resistance to immoral governmental policies inspired Ghandi and MLK Jr.
