American culture after the Revolutionary War was one of change. ... While they shared some similarities, Romanticism and Transcendentalism had many more differences. ... These two movements helped to define American life after the Revolutionary War in different ways, saw the rise of new ideas and literature, and gave Americans a sense of national identity that was previously unknown to them. ... The fact that Romanticism elevated the masses through democratic means meshed well with American ideals, though in truth it was only white males who saw themselves elevated. ... " (Baym, 222) The...

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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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