Anti-Transcendentalists Transcendentalism is an eighteenth-century literary movement inspired by German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Transcendentalists highlight the positive aspect of nature and believe in the inherent goodness of humankind. However, writers known as the anti- transcendentalists dis...

Herman Melville: An Anti- Transcendentalist or Not? Melville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius...

The Quarter Deck AnalysisTranscendentalism is a philosophy that emphasizes conditions of knowledge through experience; also the philosophy of truth and respect for nature and the inner spirit. Thoreau and Emerson are the two most influential writers of transcendentalist movement. Anti-transcendenta...

In the novel The Secret Sharer, by Joseph Conrad, a man at sea struggles with loneliness and moral dilemma. However, the narrator has saved himself on multiple levels by the end of the novel. His confidence grows as he learns about himself, as well as when he learns of Leggatt, a man much like him. ...

Herman Melville Herman Melville was an American novelist. He was a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius was finally recognized. Melville...

Herman Melville: An Anti- Transcendentalist or Not? Melville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius was...

Herman Melville: An anti- transcendentalist or not Melville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-century literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius was ...