Solitude ¡°I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.¡± -Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism, according t...

Solitude ¡°I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.¡± -Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism, according t...

Literature has been divided into many periods or eras according to what they emphasize. In the Romantic Period, the Romantic writers stressed the ideas of exploring exotic settings, whether past or present, and contemplating the natural world. Romantics do not trust "civilization," they think the ...

Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was prominent in the cultural life of the U.S., especially in New England from 1836 to until just before the Civil War. But, what is Transcendentalism? What do people really think about this movement? Do they think this is a way of life and living? Or do th...