Work for the weekend

After watching all of the groups share in class, what was one thing that appealed to you from any of the presentations other than your own?

What do you like about Emerson? or What do you dislike about him? Be specific. Try to really consider something you learned about transcendentalism.

Post your comments to this post.

Emerson Essays

Complete the reading of the Emerson essay you were assigned -

First consider the title - what are the connotations (other than literal meanings... associations) of the term? What can you expect to read about?

How does the starting poem connect to the essay? Why this poem for this essay? (Unifying idea?)

Consider SOAPStone -

Be ready to discuss with your group what the essay is about the transcendental qualities of the essay - how do we know that this is transcendental literature?

What do you think of Emerson's views in his essay? What do they make you think about? Post to this thread.

Our study of Romanticism

We began discussing romanticism today and its 2 subparts - transcendentalism and gothic.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html - romanticism
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html - romanticism

Tomorrow we begin to discuss Emerson - here are some characteristics to be aware of:
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/amtrans.htm

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transcendentalism/

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/emerson/

http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/transcendentalism/emerson/index.html