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i would have to say that i do agree with the Transcendentalist views of human perfectibility because in everyones life you should try, and do something extrodinary. if you can do something that helps someone in their life then it was all worth while. Alex B.
Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the West Hills of Long Island, New York. Whitman was the second of nine children mothered by Louisa Van Velser. His mother was not very fond of his writings and fewer found interest in Whitman’s poems to read them. He had a very tough childhood. Young Walt was withdrawn from public school at the age of eleven to help support the family. At the age of twelve he started to learn the printer's trade, and fell in love with literature and writing. He mainly taught himself. He often learned from his own mistakes. Walter Whitman became a popular American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman strongly opposed the extension of slavery in the United States and supported the Wilmot Proviso which limited slavery in the United States. He has become one of the influential poets in American history. In the first half of the 19th century black and white abolitionists who were against slavery lead an assault to abolish slavery. Their efforts were successful. The problem for southerners was the abolitionist attacks had become so strong. Many abolitionists were devout Christians. They believed that Jesus hated slavery. Christianity they said was the religion. They believed in love for everyone and that every human was equal under god. It was easy enough to go from hating slavery to hating slaveholders. Since almost all white southerners were slave owners. The abolitionists were printing all the worst facts about slavery. I don’t blame them slavery was wrong. How a person could own another person and treat them like property was horrible. Still, slavery was accepted back then. From doing this activity I was able to expand upon my prior knowledge of this time period.
I covered step one, including all things Concord. My goal was to learn as much about the town and the way transcendentalism really affected it. Concord, Massachusetts, is located just outside of Boston, and was considered hands down as the "Heart of Transcendentalism." Many newspapers, thought founded and printed in Boston, simply because it was the city, were widely circulated and configured in Concord. One such paper was known as The Youth's Companion. Just the name shows that yound people wanted to know what was going on in this exciting new transcendental environment. By 1857, this small town had become a tightly knit, organised community. Bases on maps of the time, less than two square miles in the center of town had become utopianly laid out. Everything a town needs, in a simple and accessable shape, made it seem to the eye that transcendentalism was working for Concord. From there it hit New England like wild fire.
My part of the project was about the American Renaissance in relation to trancendentalism and Ralph Wlado Emerson.
Ralph Waldo Emerson adressed his "The American Soldier" speech at Harvard to try and improve american literature at the time. He wanted a new American culture that was free from all relations to Europe. He wanted a rebirth of an intellectual and artistic life and through his speech he hoped to persuade others to want the same things. This re-birth was going to be known as transcendentalism. From 1835-1880 literature, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, and music grew quickly. Many writers seeked advice through Emerson's speeches which described transcendentalism as a form of idealism. "The individual soul is identical to the world soul" is a quote from one of Emerson's speeches. He said that transcendentalism conveyed a message of self-identity, spiritual progress, and social justice. He inspired many writers in New England and changed literature as they knew it.
When most people hear the word transcendentalism they think of the more famous names like Emerson and Thoreau, but no one seems to recognize the names like Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Peabody. These woman played a huge role in early transcendentalism in Massachusetts. These two woman were the only two female members of the original Transcendentalism Club.
Margaret Fuller was born into very stict parents who raised her in a very education style. The combination of premature brain developement and intense educating at a young age, Fuller developed into a "child protogy." She became a strong believer in the idea of transcendentalism along with her colleague Elizabeth Peabody.
Mary Moody Emerson was another woman who played a very large role in early transcendentalism. As an aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson, she had a great influence on her nephew Ralph, triggering many ideas that have grown into the idea of transcendentalism.
i would have to say that i do agree with the Transcendentalist views of human perfectibility because in everyones life you should try, and do something extrodinary. if you can do something that helps someone in their life then it was all worth while.
ReplyDeleteAlex B.
Transcendentalism WebQuest group 5
ReplyDeleteWalt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the West Hills of Long Island, New York. Whitman was the second of nine children mothered by Louisa Van Velser. His mother was not very fond of his writings and fewer found interest in Whitman’s poems to read them. He had a very tough childhood.
Young Walt was withdrawn from public school at the age of eleven to help support the family. At the age of twelve he started to learn the printer's trade, and fell in love with literature and writing. He mainly taught himself. He often learned from his own mistakes.
Walter Whitman became a popular American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman strongly opposed the extension of slavery in the United States and supported the Wilmot Proviso which limited slavery in the United States. He has become one of the influential poets in American history.
In the first half of the 19th century black and white abolitionists who were against slavery lead an assault to abolish slavery. Their efforts were successful. The problem for southerners was the abolitionist attacks had become so strong. Many abolitionists were devout Christians. They believed that Jesus hated slavery. Christianity they said was the religion. They believed in love for everyone and that every human was equal under god.
It was easy enough to go from hating slavery to hating slaveholders. Since almost all white southerners were slave owners. The abolitionists were printing all the worst facts about slavery. I don’t blame them slavery was wrong. How a person could own another person and treat them like property was horrible. Still, slavery was accepted back then. From doing this activity I was able to expand upon my prior knowledge of this time period.
Peter
(In grouping with Will, Allie, and Dino)
ReplyDeleteI covered step one, including all things Concord. My goal was to learn as much about the town and the way transcendentalism really affected it.
Concord, Massachusetts, is located just outside of Boston, and was considered hands down as the "Heart of Transcendentalism." Many newspapers, thought founded and printed in Boston, simply because it was the city, were widely circulated and configured in Concord. One such paper was known as The Youth's Companion. Just the name shows that yound people wanted to know what was going on in this exciting new transcendental environment.
By 1857, this small town had become a tightly knit, organised community. Bases on maps of the time, less than two square miles in the center of town had become utopianly laid out. Everything a town needs, in a simple and accessable shape, made it seem to the eye that transcendentalism was working for Concord. From there it hit New England like wild fire.
~Erik
Allie (group with brendan erik and william)
ReplyDeleteMy part of the project was about the American Renaissance in relation to trancendentalism and Ralph Wlado Emerson.
Ralph Waldo Emerson adressed his "The American Soldier" speech at Harvard to try and improve american literature at the time. He wanted a new American culture that was free from all relations to Europe. He wanted a rebirth of an intellectual and artistic life and through his speech he hoped to persuade others to want the same things. This re-birth was going to be known as transcendentalism. From 1835-1880 literature, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, and music grew quickly.
Many writers seeked advice through Emerson's speeches which described transcendentalism as a form of idealism. "The individual soul is identical to the world soul" is a quote from one of Emerson's speeches. He said that transcendentalism conveyed a message of self-identity, spiritual progress, and social justice. He inspired many writers in New England and changed literature as they knew it.
Allie
Group 1
ReplyDeleteTrancendentalist Woman
When most people hear the word transcendentalism they think of the more famous names like Emerson and Thoreau, but no one seems to recognize the names like Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Peabody. These woman played a huge role in early transcendentalism in Massachusetts. These two woman were the only two female members of the original Transcendentalism Club.
Margaret Fuller was born into very stict parents who raised her in a very education style. The combination of premature brain developement and intense educating at a young age, Fuller developed into a "child protogy." She became a strong believer in the idea of transcendentalism along with her colleague Elizabeth Peabody.
Mary Moody Emerson was another woman who played a very large role in early transcendentalism. As an aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson, she had a great influence on her nephew Ralph, triggering many ideas that have grown into the idea of transcendentalism.
-Brendan R.