Individualism Vs Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism began in 1820, and this was seen as a rebellion against the common literature at the time. This movement all started with writers in Massachusetts; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fredrick Henry Hedge, and Margret Fuller. This movement was influenced by Romanticism. Romanticism means a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. Transcendentalist believed in self-reliance, individualism, and nature. They would’ve been considered the square pegs in the round hole. They shaped some of the nineteenth century. The wilderness for Thoreau and Krakauer was that they were free of evil spirts of modern society, they could live by their