American Transcendentalism

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American Transcendentalism : 

American Transcendentalism

The Definition : 

The Definition 1. a. any system of philosophy, esp that of Kant, holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience b. any system of philosophy, esp that of Emerson, that emphasizes intuition as a means to knowledge or the importance of the search for the divine From The World English Dictionary

Two Great Transcendentalist Writers : 

Two Great Transcendentalist Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau

Two Great Transcendentalist Artists : 

Two Great Transcendentalist Artists Winslow Homer James Whistler Arrangement in Black--a Portrait of the Artist's Mother Fog Warning

Two Great Transcendentalist Poets : 

Two Great Transcendentalist Poets Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson