1. Writers of the Late Romantic Period
... for their time period. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a catalyst for thought and philosophy in the Nineteenth Century because he sparked the transcendentalist movement. It is because of this that he is "arguably the most influential American writer" of the eighteen hundreds, and many other writers and thinkers during the time "sought to come to terms" with him (Baym 211). According to ... that man can glean from nature. Because of this fulfillment, man does not and should not have to be confined to the institutions that society dictates. Largely influenced by Emerson, Henry David Thoreau was al...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate