Romantic Landscapes

II. American Romanticism (Transcendentalism) A. Romanticism vs. Enlightenment Rationalism. B. Who were the Transcendentalists?-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)-Emerson’s essay “Nature” (1836)-key elements: 1. personal relationship to God. 2. divine present in the material world (in nature) 3. elevated role of the individual artist, poet ... ................
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