... for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. The TRANSCENDENTALISM PERIOD existed from 1803-1882. The transcendentalists, writers of this period, optimistically believed in human perfectibility. Their ideas were very wide-ranging; they were educational, practical, mystical, poetical and political. Transcendentalism influenced writers ... David Thoreau was also influenced by this time, making history by writing WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS and RESISTANCE TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT. The AGE OF REALISM, from 1835-1910, explained why ordinary people behave the way they do. Realistic novelists ... often relied on ...

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