Category: Education
Created by: Carissa
Number of Blossarys: 6
Moncure D. Conway was an abolitionist and author as part of the transcendental movement. He was ordained, but later lost his title because of his strong views on slavery.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is often called the, "father" of transcendentalism. Many of his essays and poems are still cited as having the big ideas seen in transcendentalism.
Margaret Fuller was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. She was considered of the the heads of the American transcendental movement.
Samuel Longfellow was part of the second wave of transcendentalists. Similar to many transcendentalists he started out as a pastor.
The essay "Nature" was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1836 creation believed by many to be the spark that popularized transcendentalism as a cultural movement.
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was part of the second wave of transcendentalists. He is known for being a writer of many of the key figures memoirs.
Tenets are the basic rules or a beliefs that a group follows. For transcendentalists this includes: being true to yourself, and being one with nature.