American Renaissance (from the 1830s roughly 'til end of Civil War) -Americans want cultural independence from GB, shift from Enlightenment thanking ("American Literary Nationalism Movement") - focus on intuition, feelings, acts of heroism & nature --> ROMANTICISM **!!** TRANSCENDENTALISM rose up; a central, defining, and driving philosophical movement during this (sep 1, 1830 – feb 1, 1842)

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