American Literature / Unit 7 AML 0621 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Transcendentalism's Critics
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The idea
The movement's critics came from inside its own circle. Hawthorne, who lived at Brook Farm, doubted that a person could be trusted with their own conscience, and Melville pushed the doubt further. The next unit's writers are the argument against this one, and the exam expects the pairing.
In practice
The dark Romantics are the reply.
Where people slip
The critics knew the movement personally.
Your place on the trail
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