1840-1860. THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Renaissance: means “rebirth.” Describes the explosion of literary genius. Transcendentalism is the American equivalent.

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THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Renaissance: means “rebirth.” Describes the explosion of literary genius. Transcendentalism is the American equivalent of Europe’s Renaissance. Europe’s Renaissance occurred between 1300 and 1700.

TRANSCENDENTALISM The idea that to understand God, the universe, the self and other important matters, one must transcend (or go beyond) the everyday experiences of the natural world.

The physical facts of the natural word are a doorway to the spiritual or ideal world. - “physical facts” being things found in nature, such as: lakes and oceans, flowers or animals. BIG IDEAS

Self-Reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and blind conformity to custom and tradition. - That means: independence is more important than following the crowd. Spontaneous feelings and intuition (or a gut feeling) are better than deliberate thought and rationality. BIG IDEAS

Free thought (individualism) Confidence Importance of nature Self-Reliance (independence) Non-conformity CHARACTERISTICS

The whole era was all about moving past oneself to experience greater, better things, even if it went against the natural grain of society. IN SUMMARY:

Timothy Treadwell Music MODERN-DAY EXAMPLES

HOMEWORK: Find a song that has a Transcendentalist theme. Write a paragraph explaining what in that song gives you that idea. If you can, bring in the lyrics. Definitely include the song title and artist name in your paragraph. Due MONDAY 25 points