romanticism in America. Many prominent ministers‚ reformers‚ and writers of the era were associated with it‚ including Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)‚ Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)‚ Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)‚ Theodore Parker (1810–1860)‚ Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)‚ and Orestes Brownson (1803–1876). Various organizations and periodicals gave the movement shape. The earliest was the so-called "Transcendental Club" (1836–1840)‚ an informal group that met to discuss intellectual and religious topics;
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A Brief History of Alternative Education by Ron Miller Why are there "alternative" schools? Our system of public schooling was first organized in the 1830’s to provide a common‚ culturally unifying educational experience for all children‚ yet from the very beginning‚ certain groups of educators‚ parents‚ and students themselves have declined to participate in this system. Their reasons are various‚ and the forms of schooling--and nonschooling--that they have chosen instead are equally diverse
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reforms rampant in Jacksonian America such as prohibition and vegetarianism were too narrowly conceived and that to engage in social and political action was to dissipate creative energies. One the other side were Brownson‚ Peabody‚ and‚ intermittently Alcott‚ who felt that rampant individualism was part of the problem‚ not part of the solution‚ and that social change could be effected only through social means. But even Emerson and Thoreau recognized that when evils such as slavery and imperialistic war
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APUSH Chapter 11/12 1. Explain how the process of adaptation helped slaves develop their own separate culture. How was this a form of resistance as well? Men‚ women‚ and children were forced into slavery from all over Africa‚ which is a land of widely varying cultures and unique tribal groups. In addition to this natural diversity‚ slaves were separated intentionally from their friends and families to discourage rebellion and communication. However‚ slaves in the Americas overcame the language
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Transcendentalists attacked the Unitarianism and other churches by rejecting the existence of miracles (455). The Transcendentalist group was formed by authors such as Margaret Fuller‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Theodore Parker‚ Bronson Alcott‚ and Henry David Thoreau‚ among others. They had their own journal called The Dial. They supported educational innovation‚ abolitionism‚ feminist movements‚ and a reform of church and society. They believed in intuition as a way of knowing‚ as
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and fears‚ the troubles they each go through in life‚ and the strong bond shared between them even though they are all different in their own unique ways. We walk through each daughter ’s struggles in life and how they overcome the pains of life. (Alcott‚ 1994) Characters Mr. March‚ the father is more of a side character as we do not see him much in the story. At the beginning of the story‚ he has already gone off to war. He was a very logical and calm man who gives the right advice at the right
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few invitees chose to attend. In adulthood‚ though‚ she finally developed a coterie of faithful male and female associates with whom she exchanged copious letters and frequent visits. Matteson‚ the author of “Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father‚” explains that intensive home schooling by her lawyer (and later congressman) father‚ ambitious for the success of his eldest child‚ meant that she had scant interactions with those of her own age until she was in her teens and had
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During the 1800s‚ Henry David Thoreau who wrote about many different topics‚ from love to politics to religious views to nature. He is famously known for being one of the most famous Transcendentalists‚ during his era. The Transcendentalist Era was a time when writers “asserted the existence of an ideal spiritual reality and scientific reality” (“Transcendentalist.” The Free Dictionary) into their work. In his works‚ especially in the poem “Friendship‚” Thoreau uses imagery‚ metaphors and rhyme
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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pushed women to the lower strata of society‚ education of the women was given primary emphasis. Since then‚ the educated women have come to the forefront of the movement to liberate women from the suppression of the patriarchal society. Louisa May Alcott was a Victorian age American novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels‚ Good Wives (1869)‚ Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886). The novels follows the lives of four sisters- Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth
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