TRANDENTALISTS

WHAT IS TRANSCENDENTALISM?

• A philosophical and literary movement
• Emphasized living a simple life
• Celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination

TRANSCENDENTALIST WRITERS

• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• George Putnam
• Fredrick Henry Hedge

WHAT IS ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALISM

• Wrote with a gruesome style
• Used the audiences senses
• Thought oppositely of transcendentals

ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALIST WRITERS

• Edgar Allen Poe
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Herman Melville