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A 10 page paper that supports the transcendentalist idea presented by Henry David Thoreau that one must first lose contact with the materialistic world in order to find inner peace and serenity. Discussed are the views presented in Economy and Where I Lived and What I Lived For from Thoreau's Walden as well as a comparison between these works and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Old Manse. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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I Lived For from Thoreaus Walden as well as a comparison between these works and Ralph Waldo Emersons Self-Reliance and Nathaniel Hawthornes The Old Manse. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
LCTrans.doc Losing Contact to Find Serenity - The Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau Written by Linda Canada 06/2000 For More Information
on This Paper, Please I. Transcendentalism Defined In the middle of the nineteenth century, America was undergoing a rapid succession of changes as it progressed through what
has become known as the Industrial Age. The invention and development of a variety of new types of machinery as well as the introduction of the process of mass
production had thrown America into a frenzy of industrialized manufacturing and had virtually changed the face of the entire nation and altered the lifestyles of its inhabitants. Amid this
flurry of ongoing progress, a handful of native writers struggled to develop a literary genre that was distinctly American in voice and style and free of the European influence that
had overshadowed previous attempts. This struggle led to a return to the basic principles and ideals of simplicity and serenity that had called the original colonists to the shores
of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature. Transcendentalism was not a novel idea in the
1850s, for it had been practiced and preached by many eastern religions for centuries prior to this time. The ideals that form the basis of these religions, ideals that
profess the belief that the suffering of man stems from materialism and that true peace and self understanding may be achieved only through the denial of materialistic living, found their
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