Tuesday, November 16, 2010

What are the characteristics or elements of American Romanticism? What the heck is transcendentalism?

    American Romanticism can be defined as an association to nature, a place in which people are free from judgment and restrictions. In other words, it can be said that people are moving towards a more liberal way of life. Without judgments from other individuals, people can live unrestricted lives and enjoy their close association with the natural world.

     Transcendentalism is the belief that an ideal spiritual state that results from physical and personal experiences. The ideal spiritual state can only be realized through an individual’s intuition rather than from theories or religion.

     Transcendentalism and American Romanticism fit really closely together because both believe in a more liberal way of life and both emphasize the importance of personal experience. Personal experience and freedom allow for more development and a better way of life.

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