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1 American Transcendentalism By Allison Kuhl Stephen Bart Dan Keohane

2  Transcendentalism is a philosophical and literary movement  It emphasized  living a simple life  celebrated the truth found in nature, personal emotion and imagination The Main Idea

3 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Led a group that practiced Transcendentalism Those in the Transcendental Club in Cambridge:  Henry Hedge  Henry David Thoreau  George Putnam Individuals Involved

4  Thoreau, who once encouraged people to be self-reliant, ended up in jail for not paying his war taxes  Emerson published “Nature” in 1836  “Nature” Was an essay that claimed that you could only understand reality through nature Results

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