copyright 1999, Sirpa Grierson
copyright 1999, Sirpa Grierson
Definitions of the Transcendentalist movement taken from an encyclopedia and a personal webpage.
Includes key figures and terms.
Columbia Encyclopedia. 21 Feb 2004. Columbia Encyclopedia. <http://www.bartleby.com/65/tr/trnscdntl1.html>.
Lewis , Jone Johnson. “What is Transcendentalism.” Women’s History Guide. 21 Feb. 2004 <http://womenshistory.about.com/bltranscend.htm>.Biographical information about Immanuel Kant (the founder of Transcendentalist thought)
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/65/ka/Kant-Imm.html>.Biographical information about Hedge, Ripley, and Parker (other key players in the Transcendentalist Movement)
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/65/tr/trnscdntl1.html>.Compiled information about the “utopian” Transcendentalist Societies / Experiments
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/225/1710.html>.
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/225/1709.html>.
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.uwm.edu/~abd/utopian.html>.A Brief explaination of The Dial (an important Transcendentalist magazine)
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/dialhistory.html>.Biographical information about Emerson
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/65/em/Emerson.html>.Biographical information about Thoreau
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/65/th/Thoreau.html>.Biographical information about Alcott
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/alcotts.html>.Biographical information about Fuller
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<http://www.bartleby.com/65/fu/FullerMa.html>.
Public Broadcasting Systems. 21 Feb 2004. Public Broadcasting Systems.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/fuller.html>.Biographical information about authors influence by the Transcendentalist Movement
(Whitman and Dickinson)
Public Broadcasting Systems. 21 Feb 2004. Public Broadcasting Systems.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/whitman.html>.
Public Broadcasting Systems. 21 Feb 2004. Public Broadcasting Systems.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/dickinson.html>.A definition of Transcendentalism given by Emerson
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Uncollected Prose.” The Dial 1842. 21 Feb 2004.
<http://www.emersoncentral.com/transcendentalism.htm>.A definition of Transcendentalism given by Theodore Parker
Parker, Theodore. ”Transcendentalism.” Christian Register 25 April 1840. 21 Feb 2004.
<http://www.alcott.net/alcott/home/remarks/Senex.html>.A poem written by Frederick Henry Hedge
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/questionings.html>.A letter and a journal entry of Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/divine5e/medialib/timeline/docs/sources/ theme_primarysources_Reform_3.html>.
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/nhhdt1.html>.An article written by Emerson to the readers of The Dial
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/dialintro.html>.An essay introducing the main concepts of Emerson’s Self Reliance
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/selfaw.htm>.A chapter from Thoreau’s Walden
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists <http://eserver.org/thoreau/walden02.html>.An essay explaining Bronson Alcott’s role in establishing Fruitlands
American Transcendentalism Web. 21 Feb 2004. American Transcendentalism Web
<http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/alcott/crouch.html>.The Minister’s Black Veil. A short story.
What You Need to Know About Classical Literature. 21 Feb 2004. What You Need to Know About Classical Literature . <http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/nhawthorne/bl-nhaw- ministersbl.htm>.Essay on Hawthorne’s relationship to Transcendentalism
Bartleyby.com. 21 Feb 2004. Bartleby.com.<www.bartleby.com/226/0207.html>.
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists
<http://www.transcendentalists.com/nathaniel_hawthorne.htm>.A mock essay on Emerson
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists
<http://www.transcendentalists.com/twain_on_emerson.htm>.A video on Emerson and Thoreau
C-Span American Writers. 21 Feb 2004. C-Span American Writers.
<http://www.americanwriters.org/classroom/videolesson/vlp08_emerson.asp>.Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists.<http://eserver.org/thoreau/civil.html>.Poem about Brook Farm
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists.
<http://www.transcendentalists.com/guiney_brook_farm.htm>.Discovery Channel Lesson Plan
Discovery Channel. 21 February 2004. Discovery Channel. <http://www.discoveryschool.com>.
Video: question on Emerson and Thoreau
C-Span American Writers. 21 Feb 2004. C-Span American Writers.
<http://www.americanwriters.org/classroom/videolesson/clips08_emerson.asp>.Walden Pond Pictures
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists
<http://eserver.org/thoreau/pondpics.html>.Fruitlands Today
Fruitlands Museum. 21 Feb 2004. Fruitlands Museum. <http://www.fruitlands.org/>.Little Women Movie
Random House Entertainment. 21 Feb 2004. Random House Entertainment.
<http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0375756728&view=rg>.Concluding disertation
Transcendentalists. 21 Feb 2004. Transcendentalists.
<http://panda.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~rausch/transcend.htmHave Questions about the Strategies? See the Key to the Reading Strategies here.