Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... Influenced by such schools of thought as English romanticism, Neoplatonism, and Hindu philosophy. ... Whitman's defiant break with traditional poetic concerns and style exerted a major influence on American t...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self Reliance," is an American Romantic because it explores the philosophies of transcendentalism, and individualism. ... Individualism is a characteristic of Romanticism. ... Transcendentalism is what Emerson was along with other literature writers in this time period. ... In romanticism Emerson was skeptic about Christianity. ... He used many examples in his essay that connected directly to Romanticism. ...

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Romanticism, is a movement in the literature of virtually every country of Europe, United States and Latin America . ... The literature will emphasized a new flexibility of form adapted to varying content, encourage development of complex and fast-moving plots and allowed mixed genres and a freer style. ... The romantic writers replaced the static universal types of classical 18th century literature with more complex, idiosyncratic characters and a great deal of drama, fiction and poetry. ... An example is the American Civil War, where the abolitionist fight for the rights of the slaves of...

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