Intro Transcendentalism - Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau

American Romanticism lasted from about...

• 1600-1660

• 1700-1760

• 1800-1860

• 1900-1960

Words related to "transcendental" include:

• transpose, ascendant, dental

• physical, tangible, concrete

• abstract, metaphysical, supernatural

• dark, horrific, tragic

The German philosopher who first used the term "transcendental" was:

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Immanuel Kant

• Arthur Schopenhauer

• Karl Marx

TRANSCENDENTALISM is the idea that in order to learn the truth about the self, the universe, the divine, and everything else, one must TRANSCEND - or go beyond -

• everyday human experience in the physical world

• the boundaries of Toms River

• the point of no return

• the limits of Fantasia

Which set does NOT contain key words describing the SIX TENETS of Transcendentalism?

• Individuality and Confidence

• Nature and Spirituality

• Self-Reliance and Non-Conformity

• Predestination and Conventionality

The Father of American Transcendentalism is...

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• David Lee Roth

• Alfred E Neuman

______ lived alone for two years at ________.

• Emerson; Walden Pond

• Correll; Toms River

• Clayton; Bamber Lake

• Thoreau; Walden Pond

Who was an eighth generation, Harvard educated minister?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Edgar Allan Poe

• James Earl Jones

Which is NOT one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's noted writings?

• The British Scholar

• Fate

• Self-Reliance

• Nature

Which Transcendentalist died in a shipwreck?

• Henry David Throeau

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Frederic Henry Hedge