Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, And Henry David Thoreau

When the philosophical movement of Transcendentalism gushed through society, it brought along with it a newfound way of thinking. It's arrival put forth into the public's eye ideas such as individuality, reverence in nature, and self-wisdom. The pioneers propelling these ideas to the public included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Henry David Thoreau among others. While their collective works remained all but ink on a page, their ideal's flowed like an orchestra's finest ballet, ready to be enjoyed by the masses. The author's own writings have this musical appeal because the ideals contained in the works affected how the work itself was written. The naturalistic, learned ideas of transcendentalism translate into a melodic flowing genre