1. By Lee Williams 491 English Literature Professor Julie Miller University of Phoenix January 14, 2013

2.  Continuity exists between man, nature, and God, or the divine.  What is beyond nature is revealed through nature; nature is itself a symbol, or an indication of a deeper reality.  Matter and spirit are not opposed but reflect a critical unity of experience.  Plan always precedes action. In the individual can be discovered all truths, all experience. Information: Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/emerson/

3.  Literature, Poetry, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, and Music  Boston & Concord, MA  Writers  Politics & Religious Corrupted the Individual  Self-reliant & Independent  Community of Transcendentalists

4.  Self confidence of Nation  Diversity of Religious  Citizen more involved in politics.  New ways of thinking  Religious tone was hopeful and upheaval

5.  Focused on Themes like Romanticism and Transcendentalism  The Effects of Politics and Religions movements  Help Citizens create self-worth

6.  Louisa May Alcott  Ralph Waldo Emerson  Henry David Thoreau

7.  Transcendentalist and strict parents  Intellectual Friends  Little Women, published in 1868  Abolitionist & Feminist  Women Suffrage  The Protagonist In her Books  Chronic Health Issues Image: Louis May Alcott

8.  Father was a Minister  American Essayist, Lecturer, & Poet  Philosophical & Literary Movement  Attended Harvard College  Famous for Essay, Nature  Anti-Slavery Image: Ralph Waldo Emerson

9.  Author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax reister, development critic, surveyor, historian, & leading transcendentalist  Born to a Pencil Maker  Civil Disobedience  Attended Concord Academy & Harvard College  Best Known for his book Walden  Refused to pay Poll Taxes  Image: Henry David Thoreau

10.  Louisa Alcott was able to be a successful writer in a male dominated society. She wrote books that represent her life.  Ralph Emerson was considered the father of transcendentalism and led the beliefs of a new way of thinking.  Henry Thoreau thought the government should have less power and treat people as neighbors of the state.  Religion, writers and artists played a major role during the Renaissance that help shaped the course of Western history and continues to influence modern American culture.

11. Brittanica Encyclopedia (2008). American Renaissance. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/20120/American- Renaissance Baym, N. (Ed.). (2008). The Norton anthology of America literature. (Shorter 7 th ed. Vol.2). New York, NY: W.W Norton Danzer, G., Klor de Alva, L., Krieger, L., Wilson, L., Woloch, N. (2003). The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal, Littell Ralph Waldo Emerson. Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/emerson/ Smith, N. (2011. The Influence of the renaissance on modern american society, culture and art. Retrieved from http://www.articlemyriad.com/influence-renaissance-modern- american-society/