1. Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism- go beyond what society thinks to form your own beliefs, rely on nature
Society says you should:
Write with your right hand, use left
Eat with silverware, use hands
Wear certain brands of clothing, make your own
Famous authors of transcendentalism:
Ralph Waldo Emerson- abolitionist
Henry David Thoreau- jailed for refusing to pay taxes during Mexican American War, Civil Disobeience
Walt Whitman- wrote Leaves of Grass which began poetic free verse movement

2. Mark Twain Wrote Huck Finn Used language and showed culture of south
“I hadn’t had a bite to eat since yesterday, so Jim he got out some corn-dodgers and buttermilk, and pork and cabbage and greens— there ain’t nothing in the world so good when it’s cooked right— and whilst I eat my supper we talked and had a good time We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.”

3. Other famous authors Emily Dickinson- famous American poet
Wrote many unconventional poems about death
Would not leave her room for most of her life
Did not become famous until after death
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wrote Scarlett Letter, a story about Puritan morals in New England region
Edgar Allen Poe
Father of the modern mystery
Wife, 13 yr old cousin, died which may have influenced writing

4. Other Famous Authors
James Feinmore Cooper-Romantic novelist who wrote, Last of the Mohicans
Herman Melville-author of Moby Dick

5. Art and Music the artwork of this period was…
Nature and man’s connection to it
With more educated people, the value and interest of art grows
The music of this period was…
Reflected what was happening in society
Revolving around the north and the religious movement of the Great Awakening
Revolving around the south and the concern for states rights as slavery was being threatened

6. John James Audubon Famous for works of birds Discovered 25 new species
Naturalist?

7. Hudson River School artists show a connection of man and nature.

8. Music- Battle Hymn of the Republic (North or South)

9. Music- Dixie (North or South)