1. Transcendentalism and Romanticism
These two movements helped to define American life after the Revolutionary War in different ways, saw the rise of new ideas and literature, and gave Americans a sense of national identity that was previously unknown to them. ... " (Reuben) Whereas Romanticism depended on emotion and experience through the senses, Transcendentalism called for the use of intuition or one's inner light as a means of guiding one through life. ...
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