THE REFROM MOVEMENT
TRANSCENDENTALISM
define Transcendentalism
an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.
what is the biggest idea to come out of the Utopian Movement?
americans decided that the secretary had corrupted human nature. They wanted to separate from society and formed a utopia(ideal society
Describe the Brook Farm Community
A cooperative community in massachusetts
Edgar allen poe
this man wrote:
- the legend of sleepy hollow
- rip van winkle
which were both ''the sketch book of Geoffery crayon, Gent
was the agent of change because he wrote one of the first horror type things