Emerson
Where was Emerson Born
Boston, Massachusetts
Thoreau's most famous work.
Walden
What was Thoreau's purpose in writing "Walden"?
He wanted to live simply.
The amount of time Thoreau spent a Walden Pond.
What is two years.
Whitman wrote "Song of Myself" in this style.
What is free verse.
Who was his first wife and how did she die?
Ellen Tucker, tuberculosis
What is Self-Reliance about?
People should avoid conformity and trust their intuition and ideas.
Thoreau used nature as a way to...
~replenish the soul
~maintain simplicity
~reconnect oneself from where they came from
Envy is ______, Imitation is ______.
Ignorance, Suicide
Whitman, along with other Transcendentalists, condemned ________.
What is slavery.
What was the main reason he left the ministry?
He was grief stricken over his wife's death.
Whitman's collection of poetry including "Song of Myself" is named...
Leaves of Grass.
Name two of Thoreau's jobs during his life.
Opening up a school with his brother; a tutor/mentor to Emerson's children; a handyman for Emerson;
Who is one semi-present day person that Transcendentalism influenced?
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Ghandi- JFK
Who was one person he influenced?
Thoreau, Dickinson, Whitman
Thoreau was ____ when he died of ______.
He was 44 of tuberculosis
What did Emerson name his son?
Waldo
Whitman used this technique to unify ideas.
What is parrallelism.
What is the name of his most famous essay?
"Self-Reliance"
What is the name of the Transcendental magazine founded by Emerson?
The Dial
Whitman and Dickinson shared this similarity in writing.
What is abandonment of literary conventions.